The era of big government is over.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONIn the emerging global economy, everything is mobile: capital, factories, even entire industries. The only resource that’s really rooted in a nation–and the ultimate source of all its wealth–is its people.
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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.
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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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My plan after office is to get up and spend that entire first day helping my wife move into her new senatorial office.
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Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.
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Our Nation owes a lasting debt of gratitude to all those selfless members of our Armed Forces who have risked their own freedom and safety to defend the the lives and liberty of others.
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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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Though I often disagree with Republicans, I never learned to hate them the way the far right that now controls their party seems to hate our president [Barack Obama] and a lot of other Democrats.
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A great democracy doesn’t make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon.
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Progress changes consciousness, and when people’s consciousness changes, then their awareness of what is possible changes as well – a virtuous circle.
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Any president that lies to the American people should have to resign.
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America’s greatness depends on the ability of its citizens to make the most of their lives. Americans with disabilities are an enormous, often untapped reservoir of that potential.
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Everybody knows that I have tougher ethics rules than any previous President.
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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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…the fact [is] that our borders leak like a sieve: those things cannot be permitted to continue in good conscience.
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It depends upon what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.
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We have a moral obligation to make sure the people who are being required to work have the opportunity to work. We must make sure the jobs are there.
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When it comes to anything that’s social, whether it’s your family, your school, your community, your business or your country, winning is a team sport.
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If you want to live like a Republican, vote like a Democrat.
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Turning 50 gives me more yesterdays than tomorrows.
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Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It’s fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people.
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I might not have been President if it hadn’t been for school music. Learning improves in school environments where there are comprehensive music programs.
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Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world. And the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy.
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Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century we must harness the energy and creativity of all our citizens.
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I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time – never. These allegations are false.
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We should pass a flex time law that allows employees to take their overtime pay in money or in time off, depending on what’s better for their family.
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I personally don’t believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I’ll pay more, but it won’t solve the problem.
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