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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 24, 2019

Should be held to a very high level of proof before it interferes with someone's exercise of religion.

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Aug 30, 2018

I'm proud to nominate this path-breaking attorney, advocate and judge to be the 107th justice to the United States Supreme Court.

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Apr 16, 2018

I have enormous admiration and affection for Mrs. Bush. I know what it's like to be a spouse as well as the candidate.

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Jan 29, 2018

Leadership is the capacity to look around the corner of history just a little bit.

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Jan 18, 2018

It is particularly unfortunate that the Republican Congress has brought us to this juncture because after all we share a central goal balancing the federal budget.

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Sep 4, 2017

Today's decision by the White House to terminate DACA -- and that is effectually what it attempts to do -- will crush their dreams and weaken the American Dream for the rest of us.

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Jul 17, 2017

The truth is in an interdependent complex world, diverse groups make better decisions than homogeneous ones.

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May 31, 2017

Walking away from a Paris treaty is a mistake. Climate change is real. We owe our children more. Protecting our future also creates more jobs.

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Feb 28, 2017

trade and economic changes in China would help to increase the spirit of liberty over time.

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Feb 28, 2017

I just think it's inevitable, just as inevitably the Berlin Wall fell.

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Nov 6, 2016

But I want you to take just one minute to think of where we are and what it means. This country began here. Right here. With people who pledged their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor, to form a more perfect ... In other words…

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Nov 3, 2016

Yesterday, I never felt so bad for anybody in my life as I did for his wife going out giving a speech, saying, oh, cyber bullying was a terrible thing.

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Oct 24, 2016

So Hillary says, fix the problem, don't repeal the solution. That's a terrible idea. More than 20 million people would lose their health insurance.

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Oct 24, 2016

Yes, there's something wrong. But you don't want to choose somebody who is the living embodiment of what's wrong.

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Oct 4, 2016

I think that they played the race card on me. This was used out of contest and twisted for political purposes by the Obama Campaign to try to breed resentment elsewhere.

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Oct 4, 2016

Look, the Affordable Healthcare Act did a world of good. And in the 50-something efforts to repeal it that the Republicans have staged were a terrible mistake. We, for the first time in our history, at least are providing insurance to more…

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Oct 4, 2016

I have no confidence in my political field anymore. I've just been out of it a long time.

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Oct 4, 2016

I have never seen so much expanded on so little. The other party doesn't want to run against her. And if they do, they'd like her as mangled up as possible.

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Sep 5, 2016

His foundation was recently fined by the government for actually paying out of the foundation. If you put money in the family foundation you don't pay taxes on it because you will give it away. You can't make a political contribution. He…

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Aug 23, 2016

We're trying to do good things. If there is something wrong with creating jobs and saving lives, I don't know what it is.

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Aug 23, 2016

We'll have to do more than he did when she was secretary of state, because if you make a mistake, there's always appeal to the White House if you're secretary of state. If you're president, you can't.

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Aug 21, 2016

If Hillary becomes president, the Foundation will only take in money from U.S. citizens, permanent residents and U.S.-based independent foundations.

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Aug 21, 2016

First they said she faked her concussion and now they say she's auditioning for a part on 'The Walking Dead'. She works out every week. She is strong. She is doing great.

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Aug 11, 2016

First of all, when the FBI director -- first of all, the FBI director said when he testified before Congress he had to amend his previous day's statement that she had never received e-mails marked classified.

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Jul 25, 2016

If you believe in making change from the bottom up, if you believe the measure of change is how many people's lives are better, you know it's hard and some people think it's boring.

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