Bill Clinton: “Let me be absolutely clear: The security of your states is important to the security of the United States.”

One of the hallmarks of our economic strategy has been a respect for the independence and the integrity of the Federal Reserve

You mean to tell me that the success of the program and my re-election hinges on the Federal Reserve and a bunch of fucking bond traders?

We have worked to give the American people a smaller, less bureaucratic government in Washington. And we have to give the American people one that lives within its means.

keeping everyone engaged until the agreement was reached