Bill Clinton actually said...

"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."

"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."

"I will not allow anyone to destroy this progress in reducing the deficit and to threaten our economic recovery."

"I want Congress to adopt what I call the middle class bill of rights, four new ideas to help middle class Americans build a future that lives up to their dreams."