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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May 5, 1999

I don't think he's--no, I do not think he's losing his grip on power within Serbia, and I don't think that's what General Clark meant. I think what General Clark meant was that he was losing his ability to be certain that he could continue…

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May 5, 1999

I think he had a number of motives. The important thing is that he did let them go. They were in a peacekeeping mission in Macedonia; they had nothing whatever to do with this. They never should have been taken in the first place. I…

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May 5, 1999

Small businesses represent the individual economic efforts of our Nation's citizens.

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May 5, 1999

I think you have to read this as a move forward and increasing the likelihood that there will ultimately be a resolution of this that will actually work.

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May 5, 1999

I think there is a real peace process underway, but it has no chance of reaching a satisfactory conclusion unless we maintain Allied unity and firmness.

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May 5, 1999

It is a very hard problem, helping the people who are left behind, because if they send planes in there to drop supplies, they could be shot out of the sky.

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May 5, 1999

This year we have converted the deficit to a surplus—and the budget deficit is no longer the issue it once was.

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May 5, 1999

We can protect the Kosovars, just as we have worked out a solution in Bosnia.

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May 5, 1999

We continue to pay close attention to the perspectives and recommendations of America's small business owners.

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May 5, 1999

Our goals were to bring the Kosovars home, let them live in security.

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May 5, 1999

I believe it would be very, very helpful if the United Nations would endorse a peace process if it is a peace process that will work.

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May 5, 1999

It is important that people not forget that what is called ethnic cleansing is not some abstract idea; it is real people with real families and real dreams being uprooted from their homes.

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May 5, 1999

We want to educate and train a work force that will meet all our future global competition.

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May 5, 1999

The law will provide an estimated $20 billion in tax relief to small business over the next 10 years.

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May 5, 1999

I think it is very important in these days for us to do everything we can to find out what happened to your relatives, if you don't know what's happened to other family members.

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May 5, 1999

I think the alternative... would be something that no one has suggested, and that is that the international community, in effect, declare war on Yugoslavia.

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May 5, 1999

Many of the delegates' concerns have been addressed through meaningful action on fully 86 percent of the recommendations.

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May 5, 1999

Most people in the world would have a hard time believing what has happened to you and that it has, in fact, happened.

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