When personal freedom’s being abused, you have to move to limit it. That’s what we did in the announcement I made last weekend on the public housing projects, about how we’re going to have weapon sweeps.
BILL CLINTONThe problem with any ideology is that it gives you the answer before you examine the evidence.
More Bill Clinton Quotes
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Being President is a little like being the grounds-keeper at a cemetery: there’s plenty of people below you but no one’s listening.
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When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web… Now even my cat has its own page.
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When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old.
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We cannot idealize technology. Technology is only and always the reflection of our own imagination, and its uses must be conditioned by our own values. Technology can help cure diseases, but we can prevent a lot of diseases by old-fashioned changes in behavior.
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Let’s create an integrated global community where we have shared benefits and responsibilities, and we don’t fight because of our differences.
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I am opposed to abortion and to government funding of abortions. We should not spend state funds on abortions because so many people believe abortion is wrong.
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I admire that about the Republicans: The evidence does not faze them. They are not bothered at all by the facts.
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If we want to invest in the prosperity of our nation, we must invest in the education of our children so that their talents may be fully employed.
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We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.
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Our bridge to the future must include bridges to other nations, because we remain the world’s indispensable nation to advance prosperity, peace and freedom and to keep our own children safe from the dangers of terror and weapons of mass destruction.
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Yesterday is yesterday. If we try to recapture it, we will only lose tomorrow.
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No one can change yesterday, but we can all change tomorrow.
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Globalisation is not something that we can hold off or turn off. It is the economic equivalent of a force of nature, like wind or water.
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Character is a journey, not a destination.
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So much of modern politics is focused not on honest differences of policy but on personal attacks.
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