The real differences around the world today are not between Jews and Arabs; Protestants and Catholics; Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. The real differences are between those who embrace peace and those who would destroy it; between those who look to the future and those who cling to the past; between those who open their arms and those who are determined to clench their fists.
—Bill Clinton
Topics: Peace
The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change.
—Bill Clinton
We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs.
—Bill Clinton
Topics: Helping
A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.
—Bill Clinton
By lifting the weakest, poorest among us, we lift the rest of us as well.
—Bill Clinton
Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.
—Bill Clinton
Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure.
—Bill Clinton
Topics: Pessimism
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