Bill Clinton actually said...

"I don't believe anyone pointed out that while James Hoban... built this White House, he did it by defeating an anonymous plan presented by Thomas Jefferson."

"We can do better, and we must."

"But on a serious note, think of the American creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that we are all created equal, endowed by God with the right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness."

"I urge them not to turn this meeting, literally, into a smoke-filled room—to protect the children and not the tobacco lobby."