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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Jul 6, 1999

Even though our country is now blessed by the longest economic expansion in peacetime in our history, not all Americans have been blessed by it.

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Jul 6, 1999

The explosion of computer technology and the Internet...has literally made the distance barrier almost insignificant for many kinds of economic activity.

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Jul 6, 1999

We are committed to working with ECOWAS, the U.N., and the OAU to ensure appropriate support for implementing the agreement and beginning reconciliation efforts.

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Jul 6, 1999

The actions described above will facilitate efforts by the domestic industry to make a positive adjustment to import competition and provide greater economic and social benefits than costs.

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Jul 6, 1999

The men and women of Ellsworth were a major force behind Allied Force.

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Jul 6, 1999

I'm basically asking the Congress to give investors like those on this stage with me today the same incentives to invest in south Phoenix that we give them right now to invest in the developing countries of Latin America and Africa and the…

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Jul 6, 1999

Our whole team visited those new homes that are being built not far from here.

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Jul 6, 1999

This is not about charity; this is about how to make money by helping people who are willing to work for themselves get the chance to do it.

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Jul 5, 1999

We are trying to send a message to America that good people live here.

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Jul 5, 1999

Prospects feel, to me, better than conventional wisdom would hold they are.

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Jul 5, 1999

We have had the longest peacetime expansion in our history, nearly 19 million jobs since the day I took the oath of office.

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Jul 5, 1999

That depends on how—the attitude of Congress, I think that— in both parties.

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Jul 5, 1999

I believe that my course of action is better for the American economy than that latter course of action.

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Jul 5, 1999

I believe that in a global economy, an economy that's as globalized as this one, the richest countries are better off... the more they can be debt free, the better off they're going to be.

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Jul 5, 1999

Everybody in America has a selfish interest now in developing the Delta.

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Jul 5, 1999

I don't think anybody's done enough to reduce childhood poverty.

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Jul 5, 1999

We can have a tax cut, but if I announced... here's a sizable tax cut.

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