Bill Clinton
Quotations by former U.S. President Bill Clinton
Thursday, November 29, 2007
If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is
Bill Clinton on what the U.S.A. needed to do in 2003 “if Saddam rejects peace”
If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction program. We have to defend our future from these predators of the Twenty-first Century. They’ll be all the more lethal if we allow them to build arsenals of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver them. We simply cannot allow that to happen. There’s no more clear example of this threat than Saddam Hussein.
Bill Clinton speaking to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, February 17, 2003
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I don’t think that you can criticize the president for trying to act on the belief that …
Bill Clinton, speaking in 2003, on why President Bush shouldn’t be criticized for acting on the belief that Iraq has chemical and biological WMDs—really!
I don’t think that you can criticize the president for trying to act on the belief that they have a substantial amount of chemical and biological stock. That’s what I was always told.
Bill Clinton, April 16, 2003
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That’s why I supported the Iraq thing
Bill Clinton, quoted in Time Magazine on June 28, 2004, on why he *supported* the invasion of Iraq
So you’re sitting there as president, you’re reeling in the aftermath of September 11th, so, yeah, you want to go get Bin Laden and do Afghanistan and all that, but you also have to say, ‘Well, my first responsibility now is to try everything possible to make sure that this terrorist network and other terrorist networks can’t reach chemical and biological weapons, or small amounts of fissile material. I’ve gotta do that. That’s why I supported the Iraq thing.
Bill Clinton, June 28, 2004
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007
How dare you suggest that we, in the freest nation on earth, live in tyranny?
Former President Bill Clinton on patriotism—‘… there is nothing patriotic about hating your country or pretending that you can love your country but despise your government ...’
How dare you suggest that we, in the freest nation on earth, live in tyranny? How dare you call yourselves patriots and heroes? I say to you, all of you, there is nothing patriotic about hating your country or pretending that you can love your country but despise your government. There is nothing heroic about turning your back on America or ignoring your own responsibilities. If you want to preserve your own freedom, you must stand up for the freedom of others with whom you disagree, but you also must stand up for the rule of law. You cannot have one without other.
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