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Bill Clinton

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.
BILL CLINTON

Grave Listening Oneself President
So much of modern politics is focused not on honest differences of policy but on personal attacks.
BILL CLINTON

Attachment Difference Honesty Modern Personal Politics
The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.
BILL CLINTON

Beginning Destination Destruction Forget Road Truth
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.
BILL CLINTON

Change Idol Imagination Prevent Reflection Technology Value
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.
BILL CLINTON

Energy Myself Office Page
Sometimes there is a difference in what is legal and what ought to be done.
BILL CLINTON

Action Deep Difference Justice Legal Time Wisdom
You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.
BILL CLINTON

Animal Bird Wings Yourself
Character doesn’t matter.
BILL CLINTON

Character One Liner
I still believe in a place called Hope.
BILL CLINTON

Believe Hope Myself Place
I’ve been in politics long enough to expect criticism and hostility. But I was unprepared for the hatred I get from Christians. Why do Christians hate so much?.
BILL CLINTON

Criticism Enough Hate Myself Politics
Everybody counts, everybody deserves a chance, everybody has a responsible role to play and we all do better when we work together.
BILL CLINTON

Better Chance Count Deserve Togetherness Work
We must say no to illegal immigration so we can continue to say yes to legal immigration.
BILL CLINTON

Decline Illegal Move Unity
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.
BILL CLINTON

Angry Frustration Goodness Hurt People Time Tough
Behind every great man there stands a great woman. Behind every great woman is a great behind.
BILL CLINTON

Funny Greatness Stand Woman
Politics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology.
BILL CLINTON

Evidence Government Politics Religion Rule Theory
Let’s create an integrated global community where we have shared benefits and responsibilities, and we don’t fight because of our differences.
BILL CLINTON

Community Creation Difference Ourselves Responsibility

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