The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (110 page)

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Clement XIII
1693–1769
1
Sint ut sunt aut non sint.Let them be as they are or not be at all.
replying to a request for changes in the constitutions of the Society of Jesus

J. A. M. Crétineau-Joly
Clément XIV et les Jésuites
(1847)

Cleveland, Grover
1837–1908
1
I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honour.

Veto of Dependent Pension Bill, 5 July 1888

Cleveland, Harlan
1918–
1
The revolution of rising expectations.

phrase coined, 1950; Arthur Schlesinger
A Thousand Days
(1965) ch. 16

Clinton, Hillary Rodham
1947–
1
I am not standing by my man, like Tammy Wynette. I am sitting here because I love him, I respect him, and I honour what he's been through and what we've been through together.

interview on
60 Minutes
, CBS-TV, 27 January 1992

2
I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas. But what I decided was to fulfil my profession, which I entered before my husband was in public life.

in
Albany Times-Union
17 March 1992

Clinton, William Jefferson ("Bill")
1946–
1
I experimented with marijuana a time or two. And I didn't like it, and I didn't inhale.

in
Washington Post
30 March 1992

2
The comeback kid!
description of himself after coming second in the New Hampshire primary in the 1992 presidential election (since 1952, no presidential candidate had won the election without first winning in New Hampshire)

Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa
The Almanac of American Politics 1994

3
I did not have sexual relations with that woman.

television interview, in
Daily Telegraph
27 January 1998

4
Peace is no longer a dream. It is a reality.
of the Northern Ireland referendum on the Good Friday agreement

in
Sunday Times
24 May 1998

Clive, Lord
1725–74
1
By God, Mr Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation!
reply during Parliamentary cross-examination, 1773

G. R. Gleig
The Life of Robert, First Lord Clive
(1848) ch. 29

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