„Das kommt darauf an, was die Bedeutung des Wortes 'ist' ist.“
Bill Clinton (1946) 42. Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika
1998 auf die Frage, ob er über seine Affäre mit Monica Lewinsky gelogen habe, Spiegel Online http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,531380,00.html, 28. Januar 2008 <br class="br">"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 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/bctest092198_4.htm