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Opportunity

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 28, 1995

Today, more than ever before, people across the globe do have the opportunity to reach their God-given potential.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 17, 1995

The Government's job is to expand opportunity while shrinking Government bureaucracy.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 12, 1995

There have been few times in history when mankind has had such an opportunity to enhance peace.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 12, 1995

Our job here is to expand opportunity, not bureaucracy— to empower people to make the most of their own lives.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jan 28, 1995

Every American now wants Government to expand opportunity and to shrink bureaucracy.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jan 27, 1995

I believe we should give people the opportunity to move from dependence to independence.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jan 25, 1995

We know we must continue to invest in our own people, to empower individuals to take advantage of the opportunities of the global economy.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jan 25, 1995

Today, our job again is to persuade people that democracy and free markets can give all people the opportunity to live out their dreams.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jan 25, 1995

You can't give somebody an education, you can only give them the opportunity for an education.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jan 13, 1995

The most important civil right is the right to dream the American dream and to have the opportunity to live it.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jan 10, 1995

To give people opportunity, to treat them with fairness, and to distinguish them only by their potential—we will continue to work toward these goals as long as people in this Nation are in need of housing, medical care, and subsistence.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jan 9, 1995

I believe that we need a new sense in this country that the Government's job is to do what it can to provide more opportunity, but we need more responsibility from our citizens as well.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Nov 27, 1994

We have a golden opportunity here to add $1,700 in income to the average family's income in this country over the next few years.

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