Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clintonis an American politician who was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Clinton was previously Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992, and the Arkansas Attorney General from 1977 to 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, ideologically Clinton was a New Democrat, and many of his policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy...
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth19 August 1946
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We were in a land where there was endless profit. There was no tomorrow ... and now we're suffering a hangover from that binge.
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When we give what we can and give it with joy, we don't just renew the American tradition of giving, we also renew ourselves.
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We can defend ourselves against Iraq. It would be quick and easy. But, it's worth waiting a little while because it's not a military threat.
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We're going to have to make tough choices and we're going to have to make them together.
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Instilling sound character in our children is essential to maintaining the strength of our nation into the 21st century.
sorrows suffer
In our interdependent world, we have to suffer the sorrows of each other.
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In our shock and grief one thing must remain clear, hate and prejudice are not American values. The public outrage in Laramie and all across America today echoes what we heard at the White House Conference on Hate Crimes last year -- there is something we can do about this, Congress needs to pass our tough Hate Crimes Legislation. It can do so even before it adjourns and it should do so.
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I just think that the knee-jerk reaction to any gun safety measure is wrong.
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I just try to do what the mayor asks. I feel confident airline travel is safe and New York is safe.
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I really believe one of the reasons the American people gave me a second term was to take the tough decisions in the next four years that will carry our country through the next fifty years.
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By the time it became obvious that they were in the fix they were in, there were a lot of other problems, too.
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But I always think, when somebody attacks you, if it's not fair and you let them get away with it, it's your fault.
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Behind us we can look back and see the great expanse of American achievement; and before us we can see even greater, grander frontiers of possibility.
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In view of the American position, I don't see how your prime minister can be anything but really publicly very tough on this. I don't think he's got an option,