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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Sep 18, 1996

It is not an accident that the unemployment rate is down, that the deficit has been reduced by 60 percent.

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Sep 18, 1996

Yes, we're better off than we were 4 years ago, and it wasn't an accident.

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Sep 18, 1996

We are better off than we were 4 years ago, but we've got a lot left to do.

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Sep 18, 1996

I want to ask you to help me build a bridge to the 21st century.

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Sep 17, 1996

I don't blame them for doing this. They don't want you to hear the truth. It would bother them. Audience members. Boo-o-o!

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Sep 17, 1996

Well, I think Secretary Perry just completed 3 days of hard work in the region. He got reaffirmations of support for the United States and our policy in every nation he visited from a broad range of officials, and I'm very pleased with the…

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Sep 17, 1996

Well, my rhetoric has been very careful. I think if you go back and look at exactly what I said, I think my actions and my rhetoric have been very closely calibrated. I've been very careful not to try to run this up the rhetorical flagpole.

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Sep 17, 1996

Well, you can ask the Defense Department. They're doing it in a very timely fashion. They can give you the details. Iraq

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Sep 17, 1996

Yes. I frankly don't know what the genesis of the story in the morning paper was about that. I authorized it last weekend and the orders, the deployment orders, were signed last night. There was never any back and forth, to the best of my…

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Sep 17, 1996

There is no country as well-positioned as the United States for the 21st century.

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Sep 17, 1996

We reached an agreement to protect and restore salmon to the Columbia River.

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Sep 17, 1996

Let us let polluters write their own environment laws, or we'll shut the Government down.

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Sep 17, 1996

Warm greetings to everyone observing Yom Kippur, this holiest of Jewish holidays.

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Sep 17, 1996

U.S. trading partners may argue that the provision is inconsistent with international trade obligations.

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Sep 17, 1996

We ought to build a bridge to the 21st century that brings us together as a community, beginning with strong families.

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