In 1991 , Clinton named Quigley as an important influence on his aspirations and political philosophy , when Clinton launched his presidential campaign in a speech at Georgetown . He mentioned Quigley again during his acceptance speech to the 1992 Democratic National Convention , as follows : As a teenager , I heard John Kennedy 's summons to citizenship . And then , as a student at Georgetown , I heard that call clarified by a professor named Carroll Quigley , who said to us that America was the greatest Nation in history because our people had always believed in two things &ndash; that tomorrow can be better than today and that every one of us has a personal moral responsibility to make it so . One distinctive feature of Quigley 's historical writings is his assertion that the Round Table movement have played a significant role in recent world history . His writing on this topic has made Quigley famous among many who investigate conspiracy theories
1992 Democratic National Convention
1992 Democratic National Convention
Carroll Quigley