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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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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

She never made fun of people with disabilities; she tried to empower them based on their abilities.

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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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Jul 25, 2016

Knowing her was one of the greatest gifts Hillary ever gave me.

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Jul 25, 2016

We've been walking and talking and laughing together ever since.

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Apr 11, 2016

After he's been a Democrat a little while longer, he'll get used to it. He'll realize our party is the best hope this country's got.

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Apr 10, 2016

The only thing I wish I'd said is first of all, yes, there are too many people in jail. Yes, a small percentage of them are in federal prison, and yet -- and Hillary was the first person in this campaign in either party to say we should…

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Apr 7, 2016

I don't know how you would characterize the gang leaders who got 13-year-old kids hopped up on crack and sent them out on to the street to murder other African-American children. Maybe you thought they were good citizens. She didn't. She…

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Apr 7, 2016

Now, I like and believe in protests. I would be a hypocrite if I didn't because I engaged in some when I was a kid. But I never thought I should drown anybody else out. And I confess, maybe it's just a sign of old age, but it bothers me…

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Apr 6, 2016

Here's the thing. I like protesters, but the ones that won't let you answer are afraid of the truth. That's a simple -- very, very afraid.

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Mar 15, 2016

Millions . . . of people look at that pretty picture of America he painted, and they cannot find themselves in it to save their lives.

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Feb 14, 2016

I certainly did and I certainly did. And I took his money for my foundation where I used it to better than he's using it now. I guarantee you.

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Feb 9, 2016

When you're making a revolution, you can't be too careful about the facts.

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Feb 7, 2016

I'm very grateful to him. Look, tonight my job is to introduce Hillary. Sometimes when I'm on a stage like this, I wish we weren't married. Then I could say what I really think.

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Feb 7, 2016

If she really were so close to Wall Street, you couldn't trust her, which is what her opponent has implies, they would be advertising against him, wouldn't they? But they're not. They're advertising against her.

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Jan 12, 2016

All they are doing now, which they should be doing, is talking about the differences in their positions. That's good. That's healthy.

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Jan 3, 2016

I think this election is about restoring broadly shared prosperity. Rebuilding the middle class.

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