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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Jun 9, 1999

We went there because we want there to be peace and harmony, first in Europe and, wherever possible, in the rest of the world.

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Jun 9, 1999

Everybody who's loved baseball from childhood will never forget that Yankee team and what it did to clearly make baseball our national pastime.

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Jun 9, 1999

You should know that among all the things we have to be grateful for tonight and to celebrate, tomorrow is Charlie Rangel's birthday.

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Jun 9, 1999

It doesn't matter if they have more money than you do if you have enough to be heard.

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Jun 9, 1999

I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the responsibility of the President, under the July 31, 1998, Senate resolution of advice and consent to ratification of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in…

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Jun 9, 1999

You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough, in the second half, you give what's left.

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Jun 9, 1999

Politics and public service are noble endeavors if they are informed by a high purpose.

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Jun 9, 1999

Last year was a season that clearly, irrevocably restored baseball as America's pastime.

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Jun 8, 1999

As Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers June 8, 1999 I am sorry to learn that Dr. Janet Yellen intends to resign as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. Her extraordinary intellect and keen grasp of domestic and international…

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Jun 8, 1999

Well, I'm hopeful. You know, we're going to have-- we've got to have the military meeting and work out the details. But the G-8 statement is good.

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Jun 8, 1999

I don't expect that to happen, but I do expect that there will be an acceptable level of coordination, the way we worked it out in Bosnia. I hope there will be something like what we did in Bosnia, because it worked there. We had the…

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Jun 8, 1999

I don't expect so. The Russians are supporting it. We got the agreement in Bonn this morning, early our time, and I had a talk already with President Yeltsin about it. In terms of compliance, that's what we're interested in. We want to see…

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Jun 8, 1999

The Work Incentives Improvement Act takes an important step towards removing significant barriers to work for millions of people with disabilities.

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Jun 8, 1999

Indeed, that discovery did herald the dawn of a golden age of development of vaccines and prevention of disease.

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Jun 8, 1999

We have to restore the trust between community and police in every community in America.

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Jun 8, 1999

It lays out the details to meet the essential conditions for peace: the rapid, orderly withdrawal of all Serb forces from Kosovo and the deployment of an international security force, with NATO at its core.

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Jun 8, 1999

The systematic collection of statistics and information regarding Federal law enforcement activities can increase the fairness of our law enforcement practices.

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Jun 8, 1999

Stopping or searching individuals on the basis of race is not effective law enforcement policy.

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Jun 8, 1999

Americans with disabilities can and do bring tremendous energy and talent to the American workforce.

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Jun 8, 1999

It would enable the Administration to support enthusiastically passage of the bill.

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Jun 8, 1999

A racial profiling is, in fact, the opposite of good police work, where actions are based on hard facts, not stereotypes.

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Jun 8, 1999

I am confident that this is a place where miracles will happen, miracles born of hard work, ceaseless effort, visionary dreams.

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Jun 8, 1999

I was profoundly proud when, two summers ago, Hillary and I were able to invite Dale and Betty to the White House, where we announced that finally America had reached its highest immunization rate ever.

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