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. CLINTONWe must continue to deepen our ties to the Americas and the Caribbean, our common work to educate children, fight drugs, strengthen democracy, and increase trade.
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I think what breaks people is not adversity; what breaks people is thinking that tomorrow is going to be just like yesterday. That’s what’s numbing – if you think you can’t change, you can’t be better. And I didn’t like that.
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Supporters of capital punishment bear a special responsibility to ensure the fairness of this irreversible punishment.
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I think just about everybody ought to get a second chance and I’d like to see it worked out, because he (Pete Rose) brought a lot of joy to the game, and he gave a lot of joy to people, and he’s paid a price – God knows, he’s paid a price.
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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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It is important to me that everybody who has been hurt know that the sorrow I feel is genuine. First and most important, my family, my friends, my staff, my cabinet, Monica Lewinsky and her family and the American people. I have asked all for their forgiveness.
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I regret to say that my hand did, in fact, have an improper relationship with Chelsea Clinton. The incident represents a profound lapse of judgment for which my hand takes sole responsibility.
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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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If you come from a wealthy country with open borders, unless you seriously believe you can kill, imprison or occupy all your enemies, you have to make a world with more friends and fewer enemies – with more partners and fewer terrorists.
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Politics is for people who are too ugly to get into showbusiness.
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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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In our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. . . .
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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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We must say no to illegal immigration so we can continue to say yes to legal immigration.
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We passed welfare reform. All of you know I believe we were right to do it.
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Our policy is guided by the principle that we will keep unauthorized aliens out of the United States, welcome legal immigrants, and protect refugees from harm. Our solutions rely on working in partnership with States and communities.
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