William J. Clinton Quotes About Middle Class

Quotes about: Middle Class

• I want to make it very clear that this middle-class tax cut, in my view, is central to any attempt we're going to make to have a short-term economic strategy and a long-term fairness strategy, which is part of getting this country going again.

  William J. Clinton

  Country, Cutting, Class

• That everybody can do something, without regard to how old or young they are, rich or poor or middle class they are, how busy or not busy they are and what level skills they have. Everyone can do something. And everybody should do something. ... And if you do it, you'll be happier.

  William J. Clinton

  Happiness, Rich Or Poor, Class

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

  William J. Clinton

  Stupid, Humorous, Class

• We Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it and a relentless focus on the future, with business and government working together to promote growth and broadly shared prosperity. We think "we're all in this together" is a better philosophy than "you're on your own."

  William J. Clinton

  Country, Strong, Philosophy

  William J. Clinton's speech to the Democratic National Convention, www.washingtonpost.com. September 5, 2012.

• If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream really is alive and well again, and where the United States remains the leading force for peace and justice and prosperity in a highly competitive world, you have to vote for Barack Obama.

  William J. Clinton

  Dream, Class, United States

  "2012 Democratic Convention: Bill Clinton Goes All-In for Obama's Reelection in Rousing Speech" by Tina Daunt, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 5, 2012.

• This is one way that wealthy Americans could really contribute. They could put hundreds of millions of dollars into the infrastructure bank, be a good investment for them, for their children, for their grandchildren, and they would directly contribute to revitalizing a big sector of middle-class wages in America and making our country more productive, so that we could create more opportunity. But I think that we could get a lot of grassroots support from, like, local chambers of commerce and other things if they understood exactly how this infrastructure bank would work.

  William J. Clinton

  Country, Children, Opportunity

  "Bill Clinton: Someone We Can All Agree On". Interview with Charles P. Pierce and Mark Warren, www.esquire.com. January 18, 2012.

• The best example of all, to me, that our problems are both personal and cultural and political and social is the whole condition of the middle class economically.

  William J. Clinton

  Class, Political, Example

  Clinton, William J. (1996). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995”, p.1053, Best Books on

• We will lower the tax burden on middle class Americans by asking the very wealthy to pay their fair share. Middle class taxpayers will have a choice between a children's tax credit or a significant reduction in their income tax rate.

  William J. Clinton

  Children, Class, Choices

• I'm Bill Clinton and I think you deserve a change. That's why I've offered a plan to get the economy moving again, starting with a middle-class tax cut.

  William J. Clinton

  Moving, Cutting, Thinking

• From New Hampshire forward, for reasons that absolutely mystified me, the press thought the most important issue in the race was the middle class tax cut. I never did meet any voter who thought that.

  William J. Clinton

  Cutting, Race, Class

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