Bill Clinton

The American people are fundamentally good people.

We can actually get the country out of debt—ought to be an inspiration for all of us.

I think that it will never be quite the same.

I think it's just one piece of it.

This election is about way more than gay rights.

This year alone we've cut the debt by at least $223 billion, the largest one-year debt reduction in the history of the United States.

Yes, although I always—

This is a really beautiful place.

Today, before I came here, I announced that we would have this year a $230 billion surplus.

All the surveys show that over two-thirds of the American people believe that no one should be subject to a crime because of who they are.

I encourage all Americans to reflect on how we can help make our world a better place.

I didn't agree to compromise until I was beat.

Hillary joins me in sending best wishes for a memorable celebration.

Let us remember the ways that God's gifts can be used to fulfill our obligation to help others.

The progress we're making is because more and more people are identifying with our common humanity.

The thing I think is important is to try to get more nongay supporters of these issues who see it as civil rights issues.

I think what Europe and the United States should do is to support the express will of the Serbian people.

We've actually begun to pay down the debt.

I'm elated when the human genome project revealed we are all 99.99 percent the same, genetically.

The ten days from Rosh Hashana to the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, provide an opportunity to acknowledge past transgressions and resolve to learn from them.

Personal contact, it may sound old-fashioned and naive—it's not a substitute for laws—but it will change attitudes.

Paying off the debt will benefit America, just as paying off credit cards benefits the average family.

I believe they'll change, and I think we should keep working on them.

We can pay this debt off entirely by 2012, for the first time since Andrew Jackson was President in 1835.

We have one very important candidate for Congress here, Regina Montoya Coggins.