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When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.

William J. Clinton

A great democracy doesn’t make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Assault Democracy Vote Weapons
We should stay on the right track to the 21st century. Opportunity alone is not enough. I want to build an America in the 21st century in which all Americans take personal responsibility for themselves, their families, their communities and their country.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Country Enough Opportunity Responsibility Say
I want American Dream growth – lots of new businesses, well-paying jobs, and American leadership in new industries, like clean energy and biotechnology.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Dream Growth Jobs
We can’t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Government Gun Rights
We must all be profoundly grateful for the magnificent achievements of our forbearers in this century. Yet perhaps in the daily press of events, in the clash of controversy, we don’t see our own time for what it truly is – a new dawn for America.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Achievement Country Grateful People
If we disagree and I think I’m right, I just go ahead and do what I think is right. And then she tells me, ‘I told you so.’
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Political Politics Thinking
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.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Listening People President
More people can be great leaders than think they can, but they need a purpose greater than themselves.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Leader People Purpose Themselves Thinking
These dilemmas present perhaps the most enduring conundrum of human history: can people derive their identity primarily by positive association or does life’s meaning also require negative comparison to others?
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Identity People Religion
Turning 50 gives me more yesterdays than tomorrows.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Century Giving Turning Year Yesterday
There seems to be no mainframe explanation for the PC world in which we’re living.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Explanation Mainframe World
I think that the responsibility that the Democrats had may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress, or by me when I was President, to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Effort Republican Responsibility Thinking
Everybody knows that I have tougher ethics rules than any previous President.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Ethics Presidential Stupid
In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Business Improvement Motivational Self
Sometimes I think the environment in which we operate is entirely too secular. The fact that we have freedom of religion doesn’t mean we need to try to have freedom from religion
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Christian Freedom Religious
American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Democracy Home Strong Symbol Unique

When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.

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When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.

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