Bill Clinton Quotes
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Life's real victories must be shared.
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Drugs nearly killed my brother when he was a young man and I hate them. He fought back. And I'm really proud of him. But I learned something in going through that long nightmare with our family. And I can tell you, something has happened to some of our young people. They simply don't think these drugs are dangerous anymore. Or they think the risk is acceptable.
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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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Along the way they're MLB going to lose millions of more American fans.
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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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We passed welfare reform. All of you know I believe we were right to do it.
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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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Marijuana is ten times more dangerous than twenty years ago.
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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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Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.
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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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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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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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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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The purpose of politics is to give people tools to make the most of their lives.
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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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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.
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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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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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Without a high pain threshold, you can't be a successful President.
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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.