William J. Clinton Quotes

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William J. Clinton

Profession : President

Birth : August 19, 1946

You are the most powerful cultural force in the world.

William J. Clinton

In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything.

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Part of our essential humanity is paying respect to what God gave us and what will be here a long time after we're gone.

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Let me say this as clearly as I can: No matter how sharp a grievance or how deep a hurt, there is no justification for killing innocents.

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Saddam Hussein didn't kill 3,100 people on Sept. 11. Osama bin Laden did, and as far as we know he's still alive.

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Posterity is the world to come; the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand responsibility from all.

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I still believe in a place called Hope.

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You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president.

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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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I don't believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely because of a contribution.

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In a world with no systems, with chaos, everything becomes a guerilla struggle, and this predictability is not there. And it becomes almost impossible to save lives, educate kids, develop economies, whatever.

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Where are the jobs going to come from? Small business, manufacturing and clean energy. Where's the money to finance them? The banks and the corporations in America today have lots of money that they can invest right now.

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American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted.

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In 1979, just after I became governor, I asked Hillary to chair a rural health committee to help expand health care to isolated farm and mountain areas. They recommended to do that partly by deploying trained nurse practitioners in places with no doctors to provide primary care they were trained to provide.

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If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program.

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I married my best friend. I was still in awe after more than four years of being around her at how smart and strong and loving and caring she was. And I really hoped that her choosing me and rejecting my advice to pursue her own career was a decision she would never regret.

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Remember, Republican economic policies quadrupled the debt before I took office and doubled it after I left. We simply can't afford to double-down on trickle-down.

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When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web... Now even my cat has its own page.

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A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.

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I like the job. That's what I'll miss the most... I'm not sure anybody ever liked this as much as I've liked it.

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