"Amerika steht an Ihrer Seite, jetzt und für immer." - Rede in Berlin am Brandenburger Tor, 12. Juli 1994, usa.usembassy.de, spiegel.de
"Das kommt darauf an, was die Bedeutung des Wortes 'ist' ist." - 1998 auf die Frage, ob er über seine Affäre mit Monica Lewinsky gelogen habe, Spiegel Online, 28. Januar 2008
("It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the [...] 'is' means is and never has been, that is not—that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement. [...] Now, if someone had asked me on that day, are you having any kind of sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky, that is, asked me a question in the present tense, I would have said no. And it would have been completely true." - President Clinton's Aug. 17 [1998] Grand Jury Testimony. Anlage zum Starr Report. www.washingtonpost.com)
"Wir machen Schluss mit der Sozialhilfe, wie wir sie kennen. [...] Sozialhilfe dient als zweite Chance. Sie darf niemals zu einem Lebensstil werden." - Rede vom 23.10.1991, zitiert nach Welt.de
(Original engl.: "Welfare should be a second chance, not a way of life. In my administration we're going to put an end to welfare as we have come to know it." - Remarks to Students at Georgetown University, October 23, 1991. clintonpresidentialcenter.org)