William J. Clinton Quotes About Liberty

Quotes about: Liberty

• When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a radical amount of individual freedom to Americans, it was assumed that the Americans who had that freedom would use it responsibly.

  William J. Clinton

  Country, Moving, Weekend

  "Interview on MTV's "Enough is Enough" Forum". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. April 19, 1994.

• The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.

  William J. Clinton

  Freedom, Presidential, Liberty

  Clinton, William J. (1996). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995”, p.1594, Best Books on

• Any president that lies to the American people should have to resign.

  William J. Clinton

  Lying, Should Have, People

• I can spend your money better than you can.

  William J. Clinton

  Liberty, Libertarian, Better Than You

• In our own country, we have seen America pay a terrible price for any form of discrimination, and we have seen us grow stronger as we have steadily let more and more of our hatreds and our fears go. As we have given more and more of our people the chance to live their dreams. That is why the flame of our Statue of Liberty, like the Olympic flame carried all across America by thousands of citizen heroes will always burn brighter than the flames that burn our churches, our synagogues, our mosques.

  William J. Clinton

  Dream, Country, Hero

  William J. Clinton's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, articles.baltimoresun.com. August 30, 1996.

• You can't say you love your country and hate your government.

  William J. Clinton

  Country, Hate, Love You

  "The Clinton presidency - in quotes". news.bbc.co.uk. January 15, 2001.

• The purpose of government is to rein in the rights of the people.

  William J. Clinton

  Rights, Government, People

• Old or young, healthy as a horse or a person with a disability that hasn't kept you down, man or woman, Native American, native born, immigrant, straight or gay - whatever; the test ought to be I believe in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. I believe in religious liberty. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in working hard and playing by the rules. I'm showing up for work tomorrow. I'm building that bridge to the 21st century. That ought to be the test.

  William J. Clinton

  Religious, Horse, Believe

  Clinton, William J. (1997). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995”, p.1417, Best Books on

• . . . unfortunately, we can't control the actions of everyone.

  William J. Clinton

  Life, War, Justice

• With almost no time to decide, they [your loved ones] gave the entire country an incalculable gift. They saved the capitol from attack. They saved God knows how many lives. They saved the terrorists from claiming the symbolic victory of smashing the center of American government. And they did it as citizens. They allowed us to survive as a country that could fight terror and still maintain liberty and still welcome people from all over the world from every religion and race and culture as long as they shared our values, because ­ordinary people given no time at all to decide did the right thing.

  William J. Clinton

  Country, Powerful, Fighting

  William J. "Bill" Clinton's Flight 93 memorial dedication speech, www.newsbusters.org. September 10, 2011.

• The era of big government is over.

  William J. Clinton

  Government, Presidential, Liberty

  State of the Union Address, 23 Jan. 1996

• American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted.

  William J. Clinton

  Strong, Home, Unique

• I believe in religious liberty. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in working hard and playing by the rules. I'm showing up for work tomorrow.

  William J. Clinton

  Religious, Believe, Freedom Of Speech

  Clinton, William J. (1997). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995”, p.1417, Best Books on

• Our Nation owes a lasting debt of gratitude to all those selfless members of our Armed Forces who have risked their own freedom and safety to defend the the lives and liberty of others.

  William J. Clinton

  Gratitude, Safety, Liberty

• Thomas Jefferson understood the greater purpose of the liberty that our Founding Fathers sought during the creation of our Nation. Although it was against the British that the colonists fought for political rights, the true source of the rights of man was clearly stated in the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson wrote that all humans are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights . . . . It was self-evident to him that denying these rights was wrong and that he and others must struggle to win what was theirs.

  William J. Clinton

  Father, Struggle, Winning

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