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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Oct 5, 2000

The health of our Nation must not be neglected, and I urge the Congress to act accordingly.

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Oct 5, 2000

The 'Trafficking Victims Protection Act' will provide important new tools in the campaign to combat trafficking, a modern form of slavery and an insidious human rights abuse.

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Oct 5, 2000

I hope we can live in harmony with nature—and the last 8 years are good evidence of it.

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Oct 5, 2000

The Director of OMB shall review each plan and report to the President on the sufficiency of each plan to carry out the terms of this order.

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Oct 5, 2000

Let us pray for an end to the violence and for a new beginning in the Middle East.

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Oct 5, 2000

I congratulate the Congress for passing landmark legislation today that will help save lives by keeping drunk drivers off the road.

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Oct 4, 2000

I will continue to fight the Republican leadership in Congress to make sure this important work gets done this year.

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Oct 4, 2000

The first thing we've got to do is to stop this violence and to get beyond it.

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Oct 4, 2000

Every chance you get between now and November 7th, you tell somebody, 'Let me tell you why I hope you'll vote, and what I think the choice is, and what the consequences are.'

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Oct 4, 2000

I encourage all Americans to remember and celebrate the important contributions made to our country by our millions of citizens of German descent and to celebrate our close ties to the people of Germany.

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Oct 4, 2000

The essence of progressivism is that we all matter, we are all connected, and we are all entitled, each in our own way, to have a chance to play a part in the endless effort to create 'a more perfect Union.'

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Oct 4, 2000

We're going to have young women having babies within 5 to 10 years with a life expectancy of 90 years, thanks to the human genome project.

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Oct 4, 2000

I think that of all the Governors in the country, I can honestly say during his period of service, no one was more innovative or made more progress on a wider range of social problems.

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Oct 4, 2000

We should try to do it as soon as we can because it will keep more people alive.

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Oct 4, 2000

We have worked over the last several years to restore billions of dollars in educational funding, and we are prepared to fight for it again.

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Oct 4, 2000

Their time had much in common with ours, and therefore, our responsibilities have much in common with theirs, to preserve what is enduring but to adapt our Nation time and again to what is new.

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Oct 4, 2000

I think it is a mistake for us to return to deficit spending, to start to erode the Social Security taxes for other things, to let interest rates get higher.

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Oct 4, 2000

This bill will help thousands of low-income women with cancer get the early, affordable treatment which can save their lives.

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Oct 4, 2000

None of it would have been possible for me to do if it hadn't been for Charles Rangel, and I'm very, very grateful to him.

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