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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Oct 6, 1999

You've got to believe in this great country, that this is fundamentally a good country.

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Oct 6, 1999

Thanks to you, we raised the minimum wage; we got family and medical leave on the books; we cut taxes for millions of low income working families by doubling the earned-income tax credit.

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Oct 6, 1999

I have signed an Executive order amending the Manual for Courts-Martial.

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Oct 6, 1999

We now have the lowest unemployment rate in 29 years, the lowest welfare rolls in 32 years, the lowest crime rates in 26 years, the lowest poverty rates in 20 years, the first back-to-back surpluses in 42 years, the longest peacetime…

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Oct 6, 1999

It's wrong, and it happens because we have about three-quarters of our senior citizens need prescription drugs that they simply can't afford.

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Oct 6, 1999

I believe that the changes we ought to be focused on are those which, now, we have the luxury of embracing, to just totally rewrite the future for the United States and much of the rest of the world for our children and our children's…

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Oct 6, 1999

Well, if you could preserve their safety and quality, that there were some assurance of that, I would think it could be done.

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Oct 6, 1999

We said, 'Look, give us a chance to prove you can be pro-business and pro-labor.'

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Oct 6, 1999

This rule sends a strong message that violence based on hatred will not be tolerated.

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Oct 6, 1999

Thank you for the support, the guidance, and the urging you have given to the Vice President and me and to our administration and our families.

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Oct 6, 1999

And let me tell you why I think every union member ought to be for that.

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Oct 6, 1999

To ratify this treaty is to answer the question right and embrace our responsibility to future generations.

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Oct 6, 1999

Whatever political commitments you may have made, stop, listen, think about the implications of this for our children's future.

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Oct 6, 1999

I would just say one other thing about this dinner tonight, and your work and deciding to honor Jim and Ed.

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Oct 6, 1999

The new rules allow for televised testimony from a location other than the courtroom.

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Oct 6, 1999

We should not either try to get an issue that will enable us to beat up on them, neither should they have an issue that enables them to show that they can just deep-six this treaty.

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Oct 6, 1999

This is bigger than party politics. This is bigger than personal politics. This is about America's future and the future of our children and the world.

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Oct 6, 1999

The purpose of this change is to encourage candid confidential communications between patients and mental health professionals.

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Oct 6, 1999

These changes have been recommended by a committee of experts representing all the military services.

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