Bill Clinton actually said...

"There will be considerable attention to reaffirming that alliance in the course of this year."

"I believe that we need a new sense in this country that the Government's job is to do what it can to provide more opportunity, but we need more responsibility from our citizens as well."

"What we want is not a program that punishes poor people but that requires poor people to take those steps that will enable them to move from welfare to work."

"If we want middle class Americans to benefit from what we do, then the public interest, not those of special interest, should have the loudest voice in Washington."