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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Feb 18, 1999

Tell me again how you found out about this program. Ms. Monteiro. I took my daughter to the doctor's, and I asked him about a subsidized or a sliding scale, and then they told me about Healthy Kids.

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Feb 18, 1999

We have a lot of important things to discuss, especially the situation in Kosovo.

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Feb 18, 1999

Welcome President Chirac and the members of his delegation back to the White House.

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Feb 18, 1999

It teaches us that, although the wheels of justice turn slowly at times, still they turn.

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Feb 18, 1999

The White House announced that the President proposed $956 million in disaster assistance for Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and other Caribbean nations struck by Hurricanes Mitch and Georges in…

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Feb 18, 1999

With great pleasure and humility, I now offer a full pardon to Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper of the United States Army.

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Feb 18, 1999

We must never give up the fight to make our country live up to its highest ideals.

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Feb 18, 1999

We'll answer all the other questions at the press conference.

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Feb 18, 1999

But mostly, I just want to welcome him here and give him the chance to make a few remarks.

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Feb 18, 1999

Today's ceremony is about a moment in 1882 when our Government did not do all it could do to protect an individual American's freedom.

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Feb 17, 1999

We have to finish the job we started last year of hiring 100,000 teachers.

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Feb 17, 1999

Senator Richard Bryan has been a staunch advocate and tireless champion of the people of Nevada.

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Feb 17, 1999

I was raised to believe that no person can sit on the sidelines and knowingly permit any of his or her fellow citizens to live under burdens that do not permit them to live up to the fullest of their Godgiven capacity.

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Feb 17, 1999

We have seen new police officers, new teachers, AmeriCorps volunteers.

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Feb 17, 1999

I ask you to do it because the best politics is doing the right thing for the American people.

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Feb 17, 1999

More and more people will take care of their parents as they get older.

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Feb 17, 1999

It happened because people like you believed in and embraced certain ideas.

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Feb 17, 1999

That's what the Democratic Party represents now: opportunity for all, responsibility from all.

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