Bill Clinton Quotes

The antidote to frenzied partisanship won’t be found in politics as usual but in problem-solving leaders who govern from the center.

People ask me if I'm liberal or conservative. I say neither - I'm pragmatic.

By temperament and disposition and emotions, I'm a liberal; but in my beliefs about what's best for the country, I'm a centrist.

I know a moderate, more centered candidate like myself doesn't get as much attention as people who tend to say more extreme things.

I think President Obama is a committed, practicing nonideologue. He's consumed by neither tactics nor ideology. He is more concerned about outcomes than he is about process and categorizations.

I'm a pragmatist.

I do not come bearing a party label on my sleeve - or a quick fix in my back pocket. I do not come with a rigid ideology in my heart - or a soul that tells me to go it alone. I do not come to uproot tradition - or to be imprisoned by it.

I'm not sure if President Obama is an ideologue or a pragmatist. I am hoping and praying he's a pragmatist.

We need to punch back against the extremes of both the left and the right and define the terms of the debate ourselves.

Government is the art of the momentarily feasible, of the least bad attainable, and not of the rationally most desirable.

You win elections with coalitions. You don't win elections by ideologically cleansing your party.

I am not ideologically opposed to anything unless it doesn't work.

Any policy that is extreme we must avoid.

Extremism of the right should not be answered by extremism of the left, because neither extremism will work. The country has been wise in avoiding extremism

I learned over time that you do not go for the perfect solution….You do what is doable and then you want to try and do a little bit more.

Most Americans reject an absolutist sense of religious or political truth.

The wisest man preaches no doctrines.

[Ideological] Purity is fine but it doesn’t win elections and is not a governing strategy. Compromise is required.

… triangulation is the idea that you demonstrate to some set of swing voters that you are politically palatable by poking the extremes of both parties in the eye.

I believe that being conservative means you try to get in to the middle of the fight and try to solve the problem.

I'm quite moderate.

We are pragmatists. We don't stick to any ideology. Does it work? Let's try it, and if it does work, fine, let's continue it. If it doesn't work, toss it out, try another one. We are not enamored with any ideology.

I believe zealously in conservative ideals, but Nebraskans want people who get things done, not just those who scream at each other.

I'm progressive, and I'm practical.

I would consider myself more a passionate centrist.