In His Words
- Speeches
Browse featured speeches and remarks given by President Clinton from 2001 - present. - Transcripts
View featured transcripts from President Clinton's television appearances, press conferences, and more. - Op-Eds
Read op-eds authored by President Clinton for a variety of publications. - Travel Diaries
Read travel diaries written by President Clinton.
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Speech: Remarks at the Celebration for 15 Years of U.S. - Vietnam Diplomatic Relations
President Clinton discusses the beginnings of the relations between the U.S. and Vietnam, as well as the yearly APEC meetings. He commends the audience for passing the agreement normalizing the relations that established our trade relationship and for agreeing to work together to determine what happened to and where the remains... -
Speech: Alliance for a Healthier Generation Healthy Schools Forum 2010
President Clinton addresses both the challenges facing the Healthy Schools Program of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the success of the program, which works to stop childhood obesity. He recognizes the hard work done by schools in the program and awards Memorial High School in West New York the first Gold National... -
Speech: Remarks at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Commencement
President Clinton delivers the commencement address at Chelsea Clinton’s graduation from Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health. He focuses on the challenges facing worldwide public health in the 21st century, touching on the global AIDS crisis, the efforts to build health care around the world, implications of... -
Speech: Remarks at West Virginia University Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Commencement
President Clinton congratulates the graduates and discusses the value of the degrees that many of them had obtained on the world at large. He discusses the existence of the gap between the work of the private sector and the work of the government, the changing definition of citizenship, and the varying effects of instability in... -
Speech: Remarks at Mount Sinai School of Medicine Commencement Address
President Clinton congratulates the graduates and praises them for their desire to pursue medicine in this tough economy. He remarks on the diverse makeup of the graduating class and proclaims that biomedicine will be an enormous generator of economic activities for our country in the coming years. He discusses interdependency... -
Speech: Remarks at Miami Dade College Commencement Address
President Clinton opens by deeming Miami Dade an institution that symbolizes the future of America because of its extremely diverse student body, highest ranking for awards given to Hispanic- and African-American students, and highest ranking in the nation for awarding associate degrees. He praises the students for their... -
Speech: Remarks at GEMS World Academy
President Clinton accepts a donation to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund collected by students at the GEMS World Academy in Dubai. He uses the donation to the Fund as a segue to discuss the definition of citizenship as it relates to closing the gap between the private and public sector, as well as the interconnectedness of the world... -
Speech: Remarks at Consultation with the Global NGO Community on Building Back Better in Haiti
President Clinton discusses his desire to build the first comprehensive healthcare system in Haiti. He focuses on the changes in NGO involvement to help Haiti build a modern, self-sustained state, not specifically reconstruct the old Haiti. He pushes the NGO’s to think about the long term effects of their donations and aid... -
Speech: Remarks at the United Federation of Teachers 50th Anniversary
President Clinton discusses his personal connection with the UFT, his accomplishments in increasing education standards while in office, the current administration’s plans for education, and the roles of technology and volunteerism in education. He uses the passing of the healthcare reform bill and the disaster in Haiti as... -
Speech: Remarks at the Global Citizenship: Turning Good Intentions into Positive Action Conference
President Clinton speaks at UC Berkeley about the role of interdependency in the world. He discusses interdependency in terms of the pervasive inequality existing between rich and poor nations and our unsustainable energy consumption habits, to demonstrate how the private citizen can become involved in positive interdependency.... -
Speech: Remarks at the 2009 Glamour Women of the Year Awards
President Clinton honors the 2009 Glamour Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Maya Angelou, at the 2009 Glamour Women of the Year awards. President Clinton remembers Angelou’s poem from his 1993 inauguration as setting the tone for his administration, and he concludes by remarking that Angelou "is the very definition of... -
Speech: Remarks at the McGill University Honorary Degree Ceremony
President Clinton speaks at the McGill University Honorary Degree Ceremony, where he is honored for his unyielding devotion to social justice in the world. President Clinton urges graduates to recognize our shared humanity. He discusses his belief that communitarianism, recognizing that we are mutually dependent on each other, is... -
Speech: Remarks at the PANIIT 2009 Global Conference
President Clinton speaks at the PANIIT 2009 Global Conference, "Entrepreneurship and Innovation in a Global Economy." The President speaks about challenges and opportunities in the critical areas of education, energy and climate change, public health, and digital infrastructure. President Clinton: Thank you very...
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