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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Aug 6, 1997

Well, I think--let me say, first of all, the American Bar Association has taken a great interest in this and ought to be viewed as a little bit, at least, of a neutral observer here. And they have pointed out some abuses of the law that…

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Aug 6, 1997

Are you serving? [Laughter] Press Secretary McCurry. That's another way of saying ``last question.'' 1996 Campaign Financing

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Aug 6, 1997

Well, first of all, this--I can't comment on this particular announcement today because it just happened today, and its economic effects under our laws have to be analyzed. But there--as you know, Microsoft has been involved in the…

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Aug 6, 1997

I think the responsible thing to do is to deal with the modest changes now.

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Aug 6, 1997

Every single one of these things is something that I hope you are proud of, that is part of a dynamic mainstream political movement in America.

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Aug 6, 1997

I feel good about a lot of the things that have happened in foreign policy.

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Aug 6, 1997

I am still—I think 'obsessed' is not too strong a word—with the challenges so many Americans face succeeding in raising their children and succeeding at work.

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Aug 6, 1997

It is an historic, positive, progressive budget that will be pro-economic growth and good for the people of this country.

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Aug 6, 1997

I hereby determine that it is important to the security interests of the United States to furnish up to $50 million in current- and prior-year funds to Jordan.

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Aug 6, 1997

We almost had to save ourselves from a legacy in some ways that was not entirely of the Democrats' own making.

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Aug 6, 1997

We cannot back up on that, and I hope you will help me get all the people in your respective States on that bandwagon.

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Aug 6, 1997

I believed that if we were going to succeed we had to create a country where... there was opportunity for everyone responsible enough to work for it.

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Aug 6, 1997

Will this create opportunity for people who are responsible enough to work for it?

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Aug 6, 1997

I thought it was important that we prove that we can conduct the defense and the foreign policy operations of this country.

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Aug 5, 1997

Yesterday we took a historic action to eliminate the annual budget deficits we have been seeing and piling up since 1969.

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Aug 5, 1997

The question is, can we do this in a way that also helps the American people and gives them some of the benefit of the prosperity that has been generated in the last 5 years?

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Aug 5, 1997

It is imperative that Mr. Arafat understand that those people are not his friends either.

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Aug 5, 1997

That will only ensure that the Republicans would never pass campaign finance reform.

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Aug 5, 1997

The United States must commit to realistic and binding limits on our emissions of greenhouse gases.

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