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William Jefferson (‘Bill’) Clinton 1946– 
American Democratic statesman, 42nd President 1993–2001 

  1. I experimented with marijuana a time or two. And I didn't like it, and I didn't inhale.
    in Washington Post 30 March 1992
  2. The comeback kid!
    description of himself after coming second in the New Hampshire primary in the 1992 presidential election (since 1952, no presidential candidate had won the election without first winning in New Hampshire)
    Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa The Almanac of American Politics 1994
  3. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be fixed by what is right with America.
    1993 inaugural address
  4. I did not have sexual relations with that woman.
    television interview, in Daily Telegraph 27 January 1998
  5. It depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is.
    videotaped evidence to the grand jury; tapes broadcast 21 September 1998
    in Guardian 22 September 1998
  6. The American people have spoken—but it's going to take a little while to determine exactly what they said.
    on the US presidential election of 2000
    in Mail on Sunday 12 November 2000; see Salisbury
  7. The Woodstock of the mind.
    of the Hay literary festival
    speech, Hay on Wye, 26 May, 2001
  8. I think I did something for the worst possible reason—just because I could.
    on his relationship with Monica Lewinsky
    in Sunday Times 20 June 2004