William J. Clinton Humorous Quotations

I was not elected to produce a pile of vetoes.

Almost makes you want to go to jail out here, doesn't it?

We will reduce the White House staff by 25 percent

I have no intention of raising taxes

I take full responsability...for what we did. It was the right thing to do.

I will tell you this: I will not raise taxes on the middle-class to pay for these programs.

Character doesn't matter.

I don't think the Republicans can damage my character

We're not talking about a few rooms here with delicate personal matters involved.

[They let] friendship with the leaders in China obscure our devotion to freedom and democracy when those kids set up in Tiananmen Square, and I think it was wrong.

In addition I had real and serious questions about an independent counsel investigation that began with private business dealings twenty years ago

It is time to stop personal destruction and prying into private lives

I was also very concerned about protecting my family

I misled people, including even my wife

constituted a critical lapse in judgement and a personal failure on my part for which I am solely responsable

The most ethical administration in the history of the Republic.

Nearly everyone will lie to you given the right circumstances.

I'm just trying to suppress my natural impulses and get back to work.

For four years we've been cooperating exhaustively

It is inconceivable that anyone could say we have tried to hide anything

$100,000 donors buy access to Congress and the White House. We believe it's long past time to clean up Washington.

An innocent bureaucratic snafu

When you get asked hundreds of questions, it's not possible to remember the answer to every one.

Indeed I did have a relationship with Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong

It might suprise you to know I think I raised them too much, too

It is a $270 billion cut in medicare

They are cutting medicare

And I have a plan to do even better, to end welfare as we know it

I am committed to curbing the influence of money in our political system.

I issued a number of denials to people I thought needed to hear them

I am trying to be honest with you and it hurts me. Now...

When I was a younger man and had a life, I owned an El Camino pickup in the '70s. It was a real sort of Southern deal. I had Astroturf in the back.