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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.

Bill Clinton

The problem with any ideology is that it gives you the answer before you examine the evidence.
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Answer Evidence Ideas Problem
I misled people, including even my wife.
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Myself People Wife
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
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Cure Government Right Wrong
So much of modern politics is focused not on honest differences of policy but on personal attacks.
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Attachment Difference Honesty Modern Personal Politics
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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Abortion Government Myself People Wrong
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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Community Creation Difference Ourselves Responsibility
Character doesn’t matter.
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Character One Liner
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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Dignity Freedom Fundamental Human Independent Live People Work Worth
We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.
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Children Teaching Weapon Word
Abortion should not only be safe and legal, it should be rare.
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Legal Rare Safety
Indeed, I did have a relationship with Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong.
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Relationship
Everybody counts, everybody deserves a chance, everybody has a responsible role to play and we all do better when we work together.
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Better Chance Count Deserve Togetherness Work
I am trying to be honest with you and it hurts me. Now.
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Honesty Hurt Myself Try
Behind every great man there stands a great woman. Behind every great woman is a great behind.
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Funny Greatness Stand Woman
Promising too much can be as cruel as caring too little.
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Care Cruelty Promise
I still believe in a place called Hope.
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Believe Hope Myself Place
Keep your eyes on the prize and don’t turn back.
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Brave Eyes Inspirational Return Yourself
Yesterday is yesterday. If we try to recapture it, we will only lose tomorrow.
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Lose Past Prison
Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back.
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Choice Himself Hold Man Measurement Success
When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old.
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Dreams Memories Old Ourselves
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?.
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Criticism Enough Hate Myself Politics
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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Grave Listening Oneself President
We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs.
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Build Future Help
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.
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Abuse Freedom Home Limitation Personal Weapon
I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation.
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Believe Kind Life Obligation Spiritual Worth
Leadership means bringing people together in pursuit of a common cause, developing a plan to achieve it, and staying with it until the goal is achieved.
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Achievement Goal Leadership People Pursuit Stay Togetherness
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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Change Idol Imagination Prevent Reflection Technology Value

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