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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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Apr 30, 2008

And, if somebody tells you, you can't win, it's because they know you can.

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Apr 28, 2008

Today is National Healthy Schools Day-- established to build awareness and promote healthy school environments for our children and school personnel. Many organizations--including the Healthy Schools Network in New York--have worked…

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Apr 23, 2008

I think it is important we go back to the facts and remind ourselves in this Chamber about the person, the real live woman, for whom this legislation is named, Lilly Ledbetter. She was a supervisor at a Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant in…

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Apr 16, 2008

They've been beating up on her for 15 months. I didn't hear her whining when he said she was untruthful in Iowa or called her the senator from Punjab. And you know they said some pretty rough things about me too. But, you know, this is a…

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Apr 11, 2008

A lot of the way this whole campaign has been covered has amused me. But there was a lot of fulminating because Hillary, one time, late at night, misstated -- and immediately apologized for it -- what happened to her in Bosnia in 1995.

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Apr 8, 2008

On February 29, 2008, the Cameron Gulbransen Kids and Cars Safety Act was signed into law, marking a historic moment for children, families and safety advocates across the country. Nearly every other day in the United States, a child dies…

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Mar 30, 2008

No matter how many of those folks in the Washington elite tell you your vote doesn't count, it does count. Any time they're telling you your vote doesn't count it's because they're afraid it will.

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Mar 25, 2008

My family's not big on quitting. You have probably noticed that.

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Mar 25, 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 and want the risk of an occasional clip, he shouldn't put the pads on. Let's just saddle up and have an argument…

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Mar 23, 2008

I think it would be a great thing if we had an election where you had two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interests of the country.

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Mar 20, 2008

And I think it'd be a great thing if we had an election where you had two people who love this country and were devoted to the interests of the country and people could actually ask themselves who's right on these issues.

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Mar 16, 2008

I implore you. You say yes to Hillary, and you won't have to worry about your future.

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Mar 16, 2008

I love this election, because I didn't have to be against anybody in this election. I liked all the Democrats that ran. I liked the ones that aren't running anymore. I miss them in the debates.

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Mar 16, 2008

Hillary believes in the promise of this country. She doesn't believe there's a single problem we have that we can't overcome. And I'm telling you, she is the best change maker I have ever known.

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Mar 16, 2008

America did a lot better when I was president than they have in this decade, and that's the truth.

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Feb 28, 2008

One of the great misconceptions of this election is, somehow, her opponent is a new and different kind of politician, and she represents the establishment. She never was elected to anything until she took office in the Senate in 2001. She…

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Feb 26, 2008

You said, in 2004, there was no difference between and you George Bush on the war, and you took that speech you're now running on off your Web site in 2004. And there's no difference in your voting record and Hillary's ever since.

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Feb 26, 2008

Whenever I defend her, I risk being misquoted and, b - risk being the story. This is her campaign, her president and her decisions.

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Feb 26, 2008

If you think there was a real difference in the '90s and this decade and you'd like somebody who will do even better in the future, you should vote for her. She's your change-maker.

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Feb 26, 2008

So, if you want to fix it, Hillary is your only choice for president.

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Feb 26, 2008

Whenever I defend her, I, A, risk being misquoted and, B, risk being the story. This is her campaign and her presidency and her decisions.

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Feb 26, 2008

This is a one-man, one-vote country and I'm amazed nobody like you ever -- you should be offended by this. You think that one person's vote should count five times as much as another?

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