Bill Clinton Birthday: 10 Best Quotes of the 42nd President of the United States

Wishing the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton a very Happy Birthday, although his time as President is all gone surely his legacy is still respected globally.

You know him as the world leader but on his birthday we bring some facts that you haven’t heard about him yet. 

He was born William Jefferson Blythe III. Merely 3 months after his birth, his father William Jefferson Blythe died in a car crash. In order for the ends to meet his mother left him with her parents and went to study nursing.

His mother remarried later, however bill never really bonded with his stepfather because he was an alcoholic and abusive towards his mother and step-brother. It was in his adolescence age 15 that he changed his surname to Clinton as a courtesy towards his stepfather. 

During his school day, he was interested in music, was a part of the chorus, played the saxophone and went on to win the first chair in the state band’s saxophone section. Also during his high school, he was a part of the jazz trio ‘Three Blind Mice’ playing saxophone.

He always said his decision to get into politics and run for the presidency was influenced by his visit as Boys Nation senator to the White House to meet President John F Kennedy and listen to Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

Bill Clinton was so mesmerized by the speech given by King that he memorized it right after it was delivered. Additionally, as a teenager, he got a chance to meet and shake hands with President John F Kennedy just four months before Kennedy’s assassination.

One of his remarkable achievements of Clinton is he was the youngest governor in the country at that time. He became the governor of Arkansas at the age of 32. His journey is quite inspirational and motivational. We have gathered the best Bill Clinton quotes that will keep staying ahead in your life- 

10 Best Quotes of the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton

1. “I did not run for this job just to warm the seat. I desperately want to make a difference.”

2. “As powerful as our memories are, our dreams must be even stronger. For when our memories outweigh our dreams, we become old.”

3. “Being president is like running a cemetery: you’ve got a lot of people under you and nobody’s listening.”

4. “We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more.”

5. “Let us all take more responsibility not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.”

6. “The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.”

7. “Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it’s the time when they most need to think.”

8. “Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.”

9. “If you want to have a good life you have to have some constructive outlet for your feelings.”

10. “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.”