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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Feb 9, 1996

This election should really be all about you, your families, your work, your community, and your future.

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Feb 9, 1996

I believe if we're going to honor work and family, we ought to do better than that.

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Feb 9, 1996

No one and no organization has the right to deny the people of Northern Ireland a peaceful future.

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Feb 9, 1996

Most Americans, when you look at the purchasing power of their income, are working for about what they were 10, 15, 18 years ago.

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Feb 9, 1996

I want those possibilities available to every American without regard to race or gender or income or region.

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Feb 9, 1996

This provision is blatantly discriminatory and highly punitive to service members and their families.

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Feb 9, 1996

I am strongly opposed, as is the Department of Defense, to the provision requiring the discharge of military personnel living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

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Feb 9, 1996

I am pleased to sign this bill in order to expand opportunities and lower costs for the ranchers and farmers of America.

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Feb 9, 1996

This attack was aimed at the growing prospects for peace, a just and lasting peace, in Northern Ireland.

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Feb 9, 1996

Today I have approved H.R. 2029, the 'Farm Credit System Reform Act of 1996.'

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Feb 9, 1996

The challenge for our country is to harness those things in a way that opens opportunity for all Americans.

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Feb 9, 1996

This bill should lower the cost of credit for farmers and ranchers.

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Feb 9, 1996

We have to keep growing jobs and opportunities for people everywhere.

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Feb 9, 1996

I have concluded that this discriminatory provision is unconstitutional.

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Feb 9, 1996

We must drop the crazy idea that in order to grow our economy we have to absolutely destroy our environment.

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Feb 9, 1996

The real differences in our world are not between Catholics and Protestants, Arabs and Jews, Muslims, Croats, and Serbs; they are between those who embrace peace and those who reject it.

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