Bill Clinton

There is no logical reason to let these gun shows off the hook on the background checks.

We have not done nearly enough, and we need to identify these things and just systematically go do them.

This house has seen a lot of changes and a lot of things come and go.

The accidental death rate of children by guns in this country is 9 times higher than the rate of the next 25 biggest industrial economies combined.

Most of them—a lot of gun owners—keep in mind, I'm convinced a majority of hunters and sport shooters, once they understand, will support what amounts to a minor inconvenience to save lives.

Now, there are a lot of kids alive and there are a lot of adults alive in America because we did that.

I respect you; I admire you. I congratulate you all.

We agreed that the solution must include the development and the delivery of effective vaccines.

The feelings you have today and, I hope, the pride you feel as Americans in being here are what has sustained us now for 200 years.

I think that's the next big step, and I think it will make a big difference.

They said—once they said we'd see water run uphill before we had Brady background checks, and then before we banned assault weapons...We did all that.

I was told that for 24 years you had an empty picture frame on your desk, waiting for an undefeated team, and I'm glad you can finally fill that picture frame.

We're losing 13 kids a day.

I believe a majority of Members of Congress... will vote for it.

We need to do it tomorrow.

I want to say a warm word of welcome to the Seminoles.

I will go to the G-8 meeting in Okinawa this summer to urge our partners to take similar steps.

I think that is the critical next step.

I think if we did that, plus had child safety locks, closed the big loophole in the background registration law...all these things together would make our country a much safer place.

We need these child trigger locks on the new handguns.

It is very important that all of us understand that we'll never get anywhere by standing still.

These incidents call on us to recognize the fact that we simply haven't done everything we can do to keep guns away from criminals and children.

You have to sell something to somebody else.

I hereby transmit a report prepared by the Department of State concerning international agreements.

I don't believe that we will have more influence on China by giving them the back of our hand instead of giving them a chance to build a different future.