Bill Clinton (William Clinton) Quotes
The simple fact is that we must not-and we will not-surrender our borders to those who wish to exploit our history of compassion and justice.
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The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot and George Washington – wasn't nothing non-violent about old Pat or George Washington.
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The most important fact is that gays have been here since day one. To say otherwise is a gross denial and stupidity. We played an enormous part in the history of America.
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The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it.
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The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
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Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all.
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The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.
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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
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I read a lot of plays as a kid, but I didn't see that many plays, so I feel better-versed in film history and film structure. I just think it's easier to think in pictures.
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The reduction in compassion that happens when we're all behind computer screens is not good for the world.
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My alignment is with what I perceive as just and fair. If it's with the Muslims, then I'm with the Muslims, if it's with the West then I'm with the West. It's about justice and fairness.
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I do think that this planet is a totally unjust planet. I mean throughout history - history paints a beautiful picture when it's written by the victorious, but it's a planet that belongs to the strong and the more able, and usually they are tyrants. So basically, I don't see justice happening to the crushed and the weak.
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If the angel Gabriel came to me and said, 'Look, I'm willing to take your soul now and give it back to you at any period of time in the history of the nation of Israel, from the very beginning to this very day' - I think I would not think of any other time except for when Moses brought down the Ten Commandments from Mount Sinai.
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I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from.
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I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.
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Most of the best music in American history was made by people with no options.
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I would also argue... that we are, by inclination and in terms of our history, we are small 'l' liberals, we Canadians.
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If you could have imagined that someone is happy that Obama is president, it has to be Jimmy Carter because he is no longer the worst president in our history.
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I'm a Virgo and I'm more - I don't want to say 'negative' - but I'm the girl who thinks no one's coming to my birthday party, no one's buying my clothes, no one's reading my book, no one's watching my show - that's just how I think.
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If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts.
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The people of the world can live together in peace. We know that is God's vision. Now, that must be our work here on Earth.
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In my grammar school years back in the 1920s I used my ten-cents-a-week allowance for Saturday matinees of Douglas Fairbanks movies. All that swashbuckling and leaping about in the midst of the sails of ships!
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I think that's awesome to have a former player in the GM role, somebody that not only understands the game of football but has played the game of football.
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The simple fact is that we must not-and we will not-surrender our borders to those who wish to exploit our history of compassion and justice.
