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. CLINTONWe passed welfare reform. All of you know I believe we were right to do it.
More William J. Clinton Quotes
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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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If we want to invest in the prosperity of our nation, we must invest in the education of our children so that their talents may be fully employed.
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The first thing you ought to do when you find yourself in a hole is quit digging. . . . Instead they are looking for a bigger shovel.
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The Constitution is a radical document… it is the job of the government to rein in people’s rights.
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Posterity is the world to come; the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand responsibility from all.
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More people can be great leaders than think they can, but they need a purpose greater than themselves.
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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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When people are feeling insecure, they’d rather have someone who is strong and wrong rather than somebody who is weak and right.
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Politics is for people who are too ugly to get into showbusiness.
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Most of the major mistakes I made in my life, I made when I was too tired to know what I was doing – both personally and professionally.
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The best example of all, to me, that our problems are both personal and cultural and political and social is the whole condition of the middle class economically.
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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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We must fortify African democracy and peace by launching Radio Democracy for Africa, supporting the transition to democracy now beginning to take place in Nigeria.
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India.. a perfectly wonderful country, may have been motivated by a lack of self-esteem.
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Every tax cut I call for is targeted, it’s responsible and it is paid for within my balanced budget plan. My tax cuts will not undermine our economy. They will speed economic growth.
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