Bill Clinton Quotes

I grew up outside of Washington D.C., a town in which the largest industry is government and in which almost everyone I knew was involved in creating policies which impact people across our country and around the globe.

Politics is the science of urgencies.

Politics definitely interests me.

I never much cared for politics. I love policy, and I love international policy in particular. I got to be Secretary of State; it really doesn't get much better than that. I love what I do. I love being a professor.

Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.

I'm obsessed with politics, and I talk about it any chance I can get. I have strong opinions about how the world should be run.

I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.

When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.

So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.

When you look at our world, the truth is that we're all under the influence of politics.

Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.

Politics is people.

Congress cannot—nor should it—run foreign policy on a day-to-day basis. That is a truism.

Politics, you will observe, is the science of guessing right.

What is politics but business?

Politics is the science of the second best.

... knew more about world politics than all the cabinet ministers in office.

Government is not for the short-winded.

Politics is about explanations.

Politics and strategy are one.

Our system does not know how to bring strength and intellect into the front rank of politics and government...

My first passion is politics.

Foreign policy is about the execution of ideas as much as their formulation.

I've served on the International Relations Committee.

What I love to do is the policy. The politics, I'm brand-new at.