Bill Clinton Quotes

There are voices and they must be heard.

Countries are stronger and more prosperous when the voices and opinions of all their citizens can be heard.

We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.

My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest... no country in the world today shows any but patronizing regard for the weak... Western democracy, as it functions today, is diluted fascism... true democracy cannot be worked by twenty men sitting at the center. It has to be worked from below, by the people of every village.

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

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.

All men are equal before fish.

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.

We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.

You must make sure that the majority of the people are not marginalized.

Everyone deserves to have their voice heard.

What I find most interesting about the U.S. is this idea of equality.

I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there is no democracy. And if you want to grow, you must invite criticism. And I want to grow; I want to invite criticism.

Criticism in a time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government.

It is crucial that members of Congress cast votes that are supportive of the values upon which our nation was founded: equality, freedom, and opportunity for all people.

In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction.

Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromised.

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed — Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.

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

Our party’s always been the place you can come to wherever there’s injustice. That’s what the Democratic Party’s for. That’s why it was born. That’s why it survives. So the poor and the downtrodden and the bended can have a place to turn.

I hope that liberty and equality and opportunity lie within your heart because the hopes of millions of Americans depend on it.

The principles for which we stand are the principles of fair play and a square deal for every man and every woman in the United States.

This democracy is shaped by equality of opportunity.

The tensions between order and liberty, between opportunity and social justice will always be there, but that’s freedom.