Political Quotes

Bill Clinton

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Bill Jefferson Clinton served as the 42nd President of the United States from January 20, 1993, to January 20, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the position of Governor of Arkansas from 1983 to 1992. During his presidency, Clinton focused on several key policies, including welfare reform, economic growth, and healthcare reform. His administration is noted for achieving a budget surplus and for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

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Nov 4, 1994

No, because, first of all, the polls are directly related to how much people know about the record of the administration.

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Nov 4, 1994

This is not the time for America to turn away from the future.

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Nov 4, 1994

Why would we ever want to turn back to policies that failed us?

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Nov 4, 1994

Today, I am directing HUD Secretary Cisneros to develop, in cooperation with the most significant members of the housing industry and government at all levels, a plan to boost homeownership to an all-time high in the United States before…

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Nov 4, 1994

I simply don't agree that 187 is the right way to go because, first of all, nearly everybody thinks it's unconstitutional.

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Nov 4, 1994

With all of my heart and soul, I believe America will continue to make the choice to keep moving forward.

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Nov 4, 1994

Let me say that just this year, our exports to Mexico since we adopted NAFTA are up by 18 or 19 percent, 3 times the overall growth in our trade.

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Nov 3, 1994

I just want to say one thing in closing. These different examples show us what is possible. We cannot rest until every school and every student has access to the kind of technology we've celebrated and learned about today. That has got to…

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Nov 3, 1994

I didn't either, until you told me today. Thank you very much. Let's give him a hand. Wasn't he great? [Applause] [Patrick Swygert, president, State University of New York-Albany, thanked the President and invited him to make closing…

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Nov 3, 1994

Could you explain to us--one of the things that was said was that maybe now students other places could look at your research and find out what you found out about the volcano. How do you log that in? How do they go about finding that?

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Nov 3, 1994

Can we go back to Buffalo? I wanted to ask Marquis a question. You know, it's one thing to be able to work one of these computers and quite another to know how to go after the information. How hard was it for you to figure out where the…

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Nov 3, 1994

California has benefited more from NAFTA than any other State, with the possible exception of Texas.

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Nov 3, 1994

These campaigns have just turned into nothing more than multimillion dollar negative ad slugfests.

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Nov 3, 1994

I don't know that it will affect NAFTA, but it will certainly affect our relations with Mexico.

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Nov 3, 1994

It says that the adults of this country and the authorities are not able to keep illegal immigrants out of California, so we will punish their children.

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