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From the small clubs of the Harlem Renaissance where he began playing saxophone to world tours for the biggest of the big bands, Benny Carter redefined American jazz. From the start, his fellow musicians said the way he

From the small clubs of the Harlem Renaissance where he began playing saxophone to world tours for the biggest of the big bands, Benny Carter redefined American jazz. From the start, his fellow musicians said the way he played the sax was amazing. They say that about me, too. (Laughter.) But I don't think they mean it in quite the same way.

William J. Clinton
Laughter, Mean, Thinking

People will vote for someone who [they perceive] is strong and wrong before they will vote for someone who appears weak but is right.

William J. Clinton
Strong, People, Vote

We have no intention of abandoning the American people to unproven theories and extreme positions. We're the people party and we're going to stick up for the people.

William J. Clinton
Party, People, Sticks
William J. Clinton “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, William J. Clinton, 1995, Bk. 1, January 1 to June 30, 1995”, Government Printing Office

The most profound security threat we face today is global warming....climate change has the capacity to change the way all of us live.

William J. Clinton
Profound, Climate, Today
"Clinton: Climate change 'greatest threat'" by Hannah K. Strange, www.upi.com. May 11, 2006.

The Reagan-Bush years have exalted private gain over public obligation, special interests over the common good, wealth and fame over work and family. The 1980s ushered in a Gilded Age of greed and selfishness, of irresponsibility and excess, and of neglect.

William J. Clinton
Years, Greed, Age

I haven't eaten at a McDonald's since I became President.

William J. Clinton
Food, Mcdonalds, Hype

It is pretty hard to talk about responsibility unless you have exercised it yourself.

William J. Clinton
Responsibility, Hard

Saddam Hussein didn't kill 3,100 people on Sept. 11. Osama bin Laden did, and as far as we know he's still alive.

William J. Clinton
People, Alive, Hussein

The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime.

William J. Clinton
Patriotic, Two, Gmos
"CNN Crossfire", www.cnn.com. May 29, 2003.

The established order has too many self-protecting economic entities, and not enough people who yet understand what it takes to change.

William J. Clinton
Self, Order, People

If you want to be forgiven, you have to extend forgiveness, even to people who aren't smart enough to ask for it.

William J. Clinton
Smart, People, Want

In today's knowledge-based economy, what you earn depends on what you learn. Jobs in the information technology sector, for example, pay 85 percent more than the private sector average.

William J. Clinton
Success, Jobs, Business
Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 2000-2001”, p.2214, Best Books on

Only astrophysicists new about the Internet 20 years ago. Today my cat has a website.

William J. Clinton
Cat, Years, Today

One of the main reasons we ought to re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to constructive cooperation... He appointed Republican secretaries of defense, the Army and transportation. He appointed a vice president who ran against him in 2008.

William J. Clinton
Army, America, President
William J. "Bill" Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.nytimes.com. September 5, 2012.

We live in a completely interdependent world, which simply means we can not escape each other. How we respond to AIDS depends, in part, on whether we understand this interdependence. It is not someone else's problem. This is everybody's problem.

William J. Clinton
Mean, Hiv, Aids Day
"Fighting Stigma: Why the Depiction of Illness Matters" by David M. Kirby, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 15, 2016.

All America loses when any person is denied or forced out of a job because of sexual orientation. Being gay, the last time I thought about it, seemed to have nothing to do with the ability to read a balance book, fix a broken bone, or change a spark plug.

William J. Clinton
Jobs, Book, Gay

A man is more than the sum of all the things he can do.

William J. Clinton
Men, Can Do

The first thing I had to start with was, you know, we don't have a war. We don't have a depression, we don't have a Cold War.

William J. Clinton
War, Firsts, Cold

Music is about communication, creativity, and cooperation, and by studying music in schools, students have the opportunity to build on these skills, enrich their lives, and experience the world from a new perspective.

William J. Clinton
Communication, Creativity, School

The Bush administration continues to coddle China, despite its continuing crackdown on democratic reform, its brutal subjugation of Tibet, its irresponsible export of nuclear and missile technology... Such forbearance on our part might have made sense during the Cold War when China was the counterweight to Soviet power. It makes no sense to play the China card now when our opponents have thrown in their hand.

William J. Clinton
War, Technology, Hands

Our campaign is the opposite of 'competence.'

William J. Clinton
Opposites, Campaigns, Competence

There is no longer a clear, bright line dividing America's domestic concerns and America's foreign policy concerns...If we want America to stay on the right track, if we want other people to be on that track and have the chance to enjoy peace and prosperity, we have no choice but to try to lead the train.

William J. Clinton
America, People, Track

Today, many companies are reporting that their number one constraint on growth is the inability to hire workers with the necessary skills.

William J. Clinton
Success, Business, Knowledge
Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 2000-2001”, p.2214, Best Books on

Our military superiority is so great - it's far greater than it was in the Gulf War, and the Gulf War was over in 100 hours after we bombed for 43 days. And so now they can bomb for a couple of days and then just roll into Baghdad... The odds are there's going to be a war and it's going to be not for very long.

William J. Clinton
Couple, Military, War
"Clinton Airs Views on Iraq, Affirmative Action". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.npr.org. March 6, 2003.

We all have to learn to live together.

William J. Clinton
Together