Bill Clinton Quotes

Put people first.

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

Our country has, in my judgment, thus far fulfilled its highest duty to suffering humanity. It has spoken and will continue to speak, not only by its words, but by its acts, the language of sympathy, encouragement, and hope to those who earnestly listen to tones which pronounce for the largest rational liberty.

The strongest, richest, greatest nation in the world shouldn't leave anyone behind.

You judge a society by how it treats its citizens. We must do our best to ensure that every child can live in comfort and security, with the best possible education.

As I have said before, our society cannot be truly prosperous until it respects the rights of the most vulnerable among us.

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen.

I think more tolerance, more people having more access to a chance to be literate, and a chance to stay healthy makes for a more peaceful planet.

We must learn to understand humanity better so that we can create an environment that is more beneficial to people, more rewarding, more pleasant to experience.

He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity.

America must be the moral leader. It is not enough to have power. Power must be used to protect freedom and give all people hope for the opportunity to see the fruit of their own labor.

On the contrary, if they are treated with justice and humanity, proper example and the advantages of education given them, the coming years will be as bright and prosperous to the unfortunate race as the past has been dark and painful.

Societies should be judged by how they treat the weakest among them.

I am a liberal. I want everyone to be well.

… a social right

Freedom demands conditions of an economic, social, political and cultural kind which makes possible its full exercise.

Only a well fed, well housed, well schooled people can enjoy the blessings of liberty.

In my campaign, people and their needs come before everything else.

How central shall democracy be in everything else we want to do in the world?

The deeper purpose of democratic government is to assist as many of its citizens as possible - especially those who need it most - to improve their conditions of life, to retain all personal liberty which does not adversely affect their neighbors, and to pursue the happiness which comes with security and an opportunity for recreation and culture.

These five contributions to civilization--peace-keeping, religious toleration, the development of manhood suffrage, the welcoming of newcomers, and the diffusion of well-being--I hold to have been eminently characteristic of our country, and so important that …, they will ever be held in the grateful remembrance of mankind.

Refugees come to us seeking asylum, seeking freedom, justice and dignity - seeking a chance just to breathe. And people in our country are saying close the doors and don't let them in?

We can have a new vision, one even greater than the system they gave us after World War II. Everyone can pursue happiness and freedom and peace.

Prosperity need not come at the expense of this country's proudest traditions as a beacon of justice.