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, 1999

My message to him is, if you stay in school and you learn your lessons, no matter how difficult your economic circumstances, you can now go on to college in America.

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Nov 4, 1999

The biggest separate social problem we have with Hispanics in America today is the dropout rate from school is way too high.

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Nov 4, 1999

I want them to remember first of all that I turned the American economy around.

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Nov 4, 1999

I think the American people would like to be reconciled with the Cuban people.

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Nov 4, 1999

I think that the biggest advantage, not just for farmers but for all of America, out of new trade talks is the advantage we'd have in greater agricultural sales.

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Nov 4, 1999

As I saw on my trip to North Carolina, the true spirit of America remains evident, with people from all backgrounds coming together when times are tough.

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Nov 4, 1999

No one in America has a vested interest in anybody with a good idea for a new business not being able to act on that idea.

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Nov 4, 1999

In spite of all these wonderful numbers, that have still not been touched by this prosperity.

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Nov 4, 1999

I hope this marks the start of a bipartisan effort to ensure that America has not only the will but the resources to lead.

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Nov 4, 1999

The President and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert have agreed to work together to enact legislation on the President's new markets initiative

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Nov 4, 1999

I don't think we should be drawn directly into their conflict, because I think it would boomerang.

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Nov 4, 1999

This supports our treaty with Canada to protect Pacific Coast salmon.

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Nov 4, 1999

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes

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Nov 4, 1999

I hope that they will reaffirm their support for democracy and for human rights and for a transition to democracy and to an open economy in Cuba.

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Nov 4, 1999

The truth is that prosecutions for violations of the gun laws are increasing in America.

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Nov 4, 1999

Today I announced the expansion of a wildlife refuge to protect the prime salmon habitat along the Columbia River.

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Nov 4, 1999

I don't think that America would be the same kind of country, and that rural America would have the same kind of character, if all the farmers of any size were corporate farms and individual family farms couldn't make it.

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Nov 4, 1999

It is painful. It's painful most of all, I think, for the Cuban-Americans.

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