“We make a lot of fun at President Clinton's expense. But this transition is going to be tough because it's been 25 years since this guy has gotten laid in the private sector.” YearsGuyFunPresidentToughClintonExpensesTransitionThis GuyPrivate SectorPresident Clinton Author:David Letterman
“Arlen Specter is the man who voted in favor of Bill Clinton during impeachment, voted against Robert Bork for the Supreme Court, voted against school choice for the District of Columbia, endorses an absolutist interpretation of abortion rights. He is bright and he is tough and he belongs elsewhere.” MenSchoolChoicesRightsHe ManToughBillsCourtClintonFavorsSupremeAbortionInterpretationElsewhereSupreme CourtColumbiaImpeachmentAbortion RightsSchool Choice Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.
“The death of American liberalism as a significant moral force can be traced to the point in when President Bill Clinton signed legislation that effectively ended the main federal anti-poverty program and turned the fate of welfare recipients, 70 percent of whom were children, over to the tender mercies of the states. With a stroke of the pen, Clinton eliminated what remained of New Deal-era compassion for the poor and codified into law the "tough love" callousness that his Republican allies in the Congress, led by Newt Gingrich, had long embraced.” ChildrenLongStatesLawForcePresidentPoorDealsCompassionMoralPovertyFateRepublicanPercentToughProgramMercyBillsClintonCongressSignificantErasWelfareLiberalismPensAlliesLegislationStrokesNewtsNew DealTough LoveCallousnessPresident Bill ClintonTender MerciesWelfare Recipients Author:Robert Scheer
“My generation didn`t face the kind of urgent, pressing issues that my parents did, who fought through a war and a Depression and know what suffering is. That`s why Bob Dole had a tough time with this electorate. He was an old-fashioned curmudgeon who knew about sacrifice, and we didn`t know if we could live up to his standards. But we knew we could live up to Bill Clinton`s. He`s more like one of us.” IfsKnowsKindWarFacesSufferingParentIssuesGenerationsSacrificeStandardsToughBillsClintonBobOld FashionedUrgentTough TimesMy GenerationElectorateCurmudgeon Author:Bill Maher
“I think our message,the Clinton campaign was very strong. Remember, this is their fourth campaign in South Carolina. Two for Bill Clinton. Two for Hillary Clinton. They had it well organized. They did well. And Icongratulate them. We came into that state at something like 7 or 8 percent in the polls. It was a tough road for us to hoe. But I want to thank all of our supporters, the members of the South Carolina state legislature.” ThinkingWantWellsTwoStatesRememberStrongMembersMessagesPercentToughBillsClintonSouthCampaignsOrganizedVery StrongFourthSupporterPollsLegislatureCarolinaSouth CarolinaHoeState Legislatures Author:Bernie Sanders
“Look, being president of the United States is the toughest job in the world and I can tell you, as someone who has worked with Secretary Clinton and competed against her that she is a tough person who is ready to do this job.” WorldLooksPersonsI CanStatesJobsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesReadyToughClintonSecretaryTough Person Author:Martin O'Malley
“I just kept thinking about what my mom [Hillary Clinton] has said repeatedly when people have asked her similar questions, she's tough and she can take whatever people say about her.” PeopleThinkingSaidMomToughClintonMy Mom Author:Chelsea Clinton
“Matt Lauer asked her [Hillary Clinton] tough questions, in fact, questions that should have been asked and followed up on by the FBI in their investigation where they came to a rosy conclusion. So to me, this was actually very helpful. And I think obviously it was big moment there, right out of the bat when we had the naval officer who really put it to Hillary and said listen .” ThinkingShouldHas BeensSaidMomentsFactsBigsToughShould HaveClintonConclusionHelpfulOfficersInvestigationBatsShould Have BeenFbiNavalRosyTough Questions Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“Hillary Clinton has a long track record of service in public life. And you can look at that. I tell the story about her being first lady of the United States, when the effort to get Hillary Clinton done failed, and that was a tough, tough, bitter loss, but then it tested her as a leader. And she worked together with Democrats and Republicans to get health insurance for eight million low-income American children in the CHIP program.” FirstsLooksChildrenLongStatesDoneStoriesTogetherLossUnitedEffortLeaderMillionsUnited StatesRecordsRepublicanLowsToughProgramClintonDemocratTrackEightIncomeBitterTestedChipsPublic LifeFirst LadyTrack RecordLow Income Author:Tim Kaine
“I was always amused that people were either skeptical or surprised that I would choose a Hillary Clinton as a secretary of state. To my mind, having somebody smart, tough, capable with her own stature, who could travel around the world and command the stage, was a huge asset.” PeopleWorldMindStatesStageHugeCapableSmartToughClintonCommandAround The WorldAssetsSecretarySkepticalAmusedStature Author:Barack Obama
“Hillary Clinton knows how to sit down at a table and negotiate tough deals.” KnowsDealsKnow HowToughTablesClinton Author:Tim Kaine
“[Hillary Clinton] worked a tough negotiation with nations around the world to eliminate the Iranian nuclear weapons program without firing a shot.” WorldNationsWeaponsShotsToughProgramClintonNuclearAround The WorldNuclear WeaponsNegotiationIranianFiring Author:Tim Kaine
“How do you, on the one hand, not object to Hillary Clinton being elected, and then, on the other hand, tell people, "Elect me to stop her"? It seems like they're giving themselves a really tough position to occupy here, be they governors, senators, congressional members of the House of Representatives. They want to stop Hillary but not enough to keep her out of the White House. "So she'll get in there, but you need to elect us to put the brakes on her."” PeopleWantNeedsGivingEnoughHandsSeemsHouseWhitePositionObjectsMembersToughClintonWhite HouseGovernorsRepresentativesSenatorsBrakeHouse Of Representatives Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We have a lot of precedence for that; we've done that in the past. Or maybe that you want to sort of put that behind you. I don't know, that's - that's a tough decision [ seeking a special prosecutor for Hillary Clinton].” KnowsWantDonePastDecisionBehindsSpecialToughClintonSeekingBehind YouProsecutorPrecedenceTough Decisions Author:Rudy Giuliani
“The habeas corpus business, that's to show that he [Bill Clinton] is not tough on crime.” ShowsCrimeToughBillsClintonCorpusHabeas Corpus Author:Nat Hentoff
“Hillary Clinton is a fighter, she's out there, she's tough.” ToughClintonFighter Author:Elizabeth Warren
“The Donald Trump phone call with the president of Taiwan seems very much in line with his rhetoric during the campaign that he intended to be tough on China. And don't forget, we have seen a lot of presidential candidates, memorably, Bill Clinton, who used to criticize George Herbert Walker Bush for coddling dictators and then take the much softer line with China once he's in office.” PresidentForgetOfficeToughClintonPresidentialCriticizeDictatorRhetoricPresidential Candidate Author:Karen Tumulty
“There ought to be a way in which you can challenge lack of experience, which I think is hugely important, one of the reasons that I chose Hillary Clinton, not just because I've known her for many years, but because I've seen how tough the job is, having worked as President Clinton's deputy chief of staff.” ThinkingImportantReasonPresidentChallengesToughClintonPresident Clinton Author:Maria Echaveste
“There are many reasons why the Russians prefer Donald Trump.I think, in the first instance, they wanted to tear down Secretary Clinton. They, I think, despised her remarks about the flawed 2011 elections in Russia. They feared that she would be very tough on Russia in terms of sanctions.” ThinkingReasonTermTearsToughElectionClintonSecretaryFlawed Author:Adam Schiff
“It was Hillary Clinton who worked with Russia on the New START Treaty to reduce their nuclear weapons stockpile. It was Hillary Clinton that worked with Russia to get them engaged in a community of nations to stop the Iranian nuclear weapons without firing a shot. She's not going around praising Vladimir Putin as a great guy. But she knows how to sit down at a table and negotiate tough deals. This is a very challenging part of the world, and we ought to have a commander-in-chief who is prepared and done it, rather than somebody who goes around praising Vladimir Putin as a great leader.” WorldDoneGuyCommunityChallengesLeaderToughPraiseClintonNuclear WeaponsGreat LeaderIranianNew StartGreat Guy Author:Tim Kaine
“Donald Trumo is the fourth president Vladimir Putin is going to have worked with, OK? Clinton, Bush, Obama and now Trump. He respects toughness. He doesn't respect weakness. He decided, rightly or wrongly, that Obama was not a tough guy. And the question is whether or not Trump acts tough. We know he can. Right? We don't know whether he will.” GuyPresidentWeaknessToughClintonToughnessTough Guy Author:Peter Baker
“Hillary Clinton is a tough person. She's diplomatic, and I would've felt safe with her as the president. Now we have an individual who doesn't know the diplomatic process and refuses to learn it. Even President Trump's campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again," is a very offensive statement. Only a person who has never studied American history would say "great again." It took us a very long time to get to the progressive nature we're at. We still have a great deal of work to do.” LongIndividualPresidentToughClintonProgressiveAmerican HistoryOffensiveSlogansDiplomatic Author:Jason Bailey
“You're not allowed to criticize Obama because of his race. And I thought feminism made us all the same, we're all equal. Everybody's a tough guy now, so why can't we criticize women? Hillary Clinton is a nasty woman.” GuyFeminismEqualToughClintonCriticizeNastyTough Guy Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I worked for a lot of candidates, in tough campaigns that lost. Most of my candidates lost until Bill Clinton. There was always a point where you look in their eyes and they knew it was over. And there was never that point with Clinton. He never quit. He never gave up.” LooksEyeLostToughBillsClintonQuittingCampaignsCandidatesNever QuitGave Up Author:Dee Dee Myers