Bill Clinton actually said...

If we want a balanced budget, pass it without the poison pill of cutting education or the environment.

Remarks on the Legislative Agenda and an Exchange With Reporters

05/07/1996

More Bill Clinton Quotes

I'm glad the crime rate is at a 25-year low.

We do not have—I'm grateful that our country is a safer place than it was 7 years ago.

As I said in the State of the Union Address, I hope this time will be used by our people to take on the big challenges facing America.

I have come to believe that Clinton needs a certain level of violence in this country.