Bill Clinton Quotes
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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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Our country America is still the strongest force for peace and freedom on earth.
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If you voluntarily quit in the face of adversity, you'll wonder about it for the rest of your life.
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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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This is one way that wealthy Americans could really contribute. They could put hundreds of millions of dollars into the infrastructure bank, be a good investment for them, for their children, for their grandchildren, and they would directly contribute to revitalizing a big sector of middle-class wages in America and making our country more productive, so that we could create more opportunity. But I think that we could get a lot of grassroots support from, like, local chambers of commerce and other things if they understood exactly how this infrastructure bank would work.
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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 find as our interdependence increases that, on the whole, we do better when other people do better as well.
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America's greatness depends on the ability of its citizens to make the most of their lives. Americans with disabilities are an enormous, often untapped reservoir of that potential.
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I believe that this country's policies should be heavily biased in favor of nondiscrimination.
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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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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 struggle for your own character is the struggle for the nation's character.
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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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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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The purpose of politics is to give people tools to make the most of their lives.
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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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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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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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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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People ought to be going over this, finding things they don't like. Congress has clearly proved they can act in a hurry. If there's something wrong with it, it can be amended. If something needs to be kicked in, it can be put in. If something needs to be taken out, it can be taken out.
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A lot of wonderful people love their country and hate the military.
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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.