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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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Jul 10, 2008

If you live long enough, he said, 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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Jul 10, 2008

I think that they played the race card on me. And we now know from memos from the campaign and everything that they planned to do it all along.

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Jul 10, 2008

If you live long enough, you make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. The main thing is never quit. Never quit, never quit.

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Jun 26, 2008

I favor the -- Senator Obama's position, which is to go to 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gases, over Senator McCain's position, which is to go to 70.

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Jun 26, 2008

I favor Senator Obama's position, which is to go to 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gases, over Senator McCain's position, which is to go to 70 percent.

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Jun 8, 2008

It's just the most biased press coverage in history. It's another way of helping Obama. You know, they didn't do any studies, about -- they had all these people standing up in his church, cheering calling Hillary a white racist, and he…

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Jun 8, 2008

If a politician doesn't want to get beat up, he shouldn't run for office. If a football player doesn't want to get tackled, doesn't want to risk the occasional flip (ph), he shouldn't put the pads on.

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Jun 8, 2008

I'm going back to work, as you see. I have -- I have lots to do. My foundation is involved all over the world in AIDS, and in climate change, in all kinds of development work.

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Jun 8, 2008

This may be the last day I'm ever involved in a campaign of this kind. I thought I was out of politics until Hillary decided to run. But it has been one of the greatest honors of my life to be able to go around and campaign for her for…

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Jun 8, 2008

She's going to end this thing roaring. And what are they going to say if she wins the popular vote? 'I'm sorry. We're going to give it to the caucus states that are going Republican in November'?

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Jun 8, 2008

I would be here for her if she asked me, if we had never been married.

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Jun 1, 2008

He's sleazy. He's a really dishonest reporter. There's just five or six blatant lies in there. But he's a really slimy guy.

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Jun 1, 2008

nail Hillary for Obama. It's the most biased press coverage in history.

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Jun 1, 2008

This may be the last day I'm ever involved in a campaign of this kind. And I thought I was out of politics until Hillary decided to run.

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Jun 1, 2008

All the evidence shows that she is, by far, more likely to win in November.

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Jun 1, 2008

In Michigan, I don't know what they did. It didn't make a lick of sense to me.

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Jun 1, 2008

I want to say also that this may be the last day I'm ever involved in a campaign of this kind.

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Jun 1, 2008

She's the best I've ever seen, and I hope South Dakota will say yes to her tomorrow.

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Jun 1, 2008

That this may be the last day I am ever involved in a campaign of this kind. I thought I was out of politics until Hillary decided to run. But it has been one of the greatest honors of my life to be able to go around and campaign for her…

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