Bill Clinton Quotes
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All my life I've been interested in other people's stories. I wanted to know them, understand them, feel them.
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More people can be great leaders than think they can, but they need a purpose greater than themselves.
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Though I often disagree with Republicans, I never learned to hate them the way the far right that now controls their party seems to hate our president Barack Obama and a lot of other Democrats.
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Undeniably, character does count for our citizens, out communities, and our Nation, and this week we celebrate the importance of character in our individual lives... core ethical values of trustworthiness, fairness, responsibility, caring, respect, and citizenship form the foundation of our democracy, our economy, and our society... Instilling sound character in our children is essential to maintaining the strength of our Nation into the 21st century.
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I think we need to push harder, we the Democrats, because it's an open door for the Republicans - prosperity centers.
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Our policy is guided by the principle that we will keep unauthorized aliens out of the United States, welcome legal immigrants, and protect refugees from harm. Our solutions rely on working in partnership with States and communities.
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I want our nation to take responsibility to make sure that every single child can look out the window in the morning and see a whole community getting up and going to work. We want these young people to know the thrill of the first paycheck, the challenge of starting that first business, the pride in following in a parent's footsteps.
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Even if it takes changing the law, the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they got.
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If we disagree and I think I'm right, I just go ahead and do what I think is right. And then she tells me, 'I told you so.'
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When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.
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Now, people ask me all the time how we got four surplus budgets in a row. What new ideas did we bring to Washington? I always give a one-word answer: Arithmetic.
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We cannot become the world's policeman, but where our values and our interests are at stake, and where we can make a difference, we must act and we must lead. That is our job and we are better, stronger and safer because we are doing it.
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I might not have been President if it hadn't been for school music. Learning improves in school environments where there are comprehensive music programs.
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Don't you ever orget that in the end, our future is tied to people, that it's more about ideas than a tax.
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We Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it and a relentless focus on the future, with business and government working together to promote growth and broadly shared prosperity. We think "we're all in this together" is a better philosophy than "you're on your own."
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We United States are the only military superpower. We have no idea how long this is going to last, so we ought to get every bad guy we can and fix every problem we can.
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In science, if the last 50 years were the age of physics, the next 50 years will be the age of biology.
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If we were being attached by space aliens, we wouldn't be playing these kinds of games.
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The only preparation for prospering in the global economy is investing in ourselves.
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What if Saddam fails to comply and we fail to act, or we take some ambiguous third route, which gives him yet more opportunities to develop this program of weapons of mass destruction? ... Well, he will conclude that the international community has lost its will. He will then conclude that he can go right on and do more to rebuild an arsenal of devastating destruction. And some day, some way, I guarantee you he'll use the arsenal.
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In the emerging global economy, everything is mobile: capital, factories, even entire industries. The only resource that's really rooted in a nation--and the ultimate source of all its wealth--is its people.
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In our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation.
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Our overriding environmental challenge tonight is the worldwide problem of climate change, global warming, the gathering crisis that requires worldwide action.
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I don't believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely because of a contribution.