Bill Clinton Quotes
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I liked working with Republicans. We had five pretty good years after we had that bad year in '95 that culminated in two government shutdowns. But then they really decided that they liked being in the majority for the first time in forty years, and they wanted to get some things done, and I agreed, to get things I wanted. It was all perfectly transparent. Everybody knew what they wanted and what I wanted.
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We passed welfare reform. All of you know I believe we were right to do it.
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Life's real victories must be shared.
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We are more connected than ever before, more able to spread our ideas and beliefs, our anger and fears. As we exercise the right to advocate our views, and as we animate our supporters, we must all assume responsibility for our words and actions before they enter a vast echo chamber and reach those both serious and delirious, connected and unhinged.
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The struggle for your own character is the struggle for the nation's character.
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We should not let our response to the people who disagree with us be dictated by what they say about us or even how they treat people we care for. There has to be a chance that we can find love.
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Along the way they're MLB going to lose millions of more American fans.
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We find as our interdependence increases that, on the whole, we do better when other people do better as well.
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We can't renew America unless more of us, I mean all of us, are willing to join churches.
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When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day.
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Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.
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On Bill Clinton: I have a simple question: Who's the last President to give you a balanced budget?
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That everybody can do something, without regard to how old or young they are, rich or poor or middle class they are, how busy or not busy they are and what level skills they have. Everyone can do something. And everybody should do something. ... And if you do it, you'll be happier.
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Democracies don't go to war against each other, and by and large they don't sponsor terrorism. They're more likely to respect the environment and human rights and social justice. It's no accident that most of the terrorists come from non-democratic countries.
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Marijuana is ten times more dangerous than twenty years ago.
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Downsizing budgets may be necessary, but downsizing dreams is a decision to be disappointed.
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The ideals that bind us together are as old as our nation, but so are the forces that pull us apart.
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We will stand mighty for peace and freedom and maintain a strong defense against terror and destruction. Our children will sleep free from the threat of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons.
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The purpose of politics is to give people tools to make the most of their lives.
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Without a high pain threshold, you can't be a successful President.
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Over time, the more we bring China into the world, the more the world will bring freedom to China.
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Because primarily of the power of the Internet, people of modest means can band together and amass vast sums of money that can change the world for some public good if they all agree.
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My plan after office is to get up and spend that entire first day helping my wife move into her new senatorial office.
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If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.