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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.

William J. Clinton

People should really take care when they vote, and pay more attention to what people say they’re going to do – instead of just how they feel about how things are going.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Attention Care People
To build a twenty-first-century economy, America must revive a nineteenth-century habit–investing in the common, national economic resources that enable every person and every firm to create wealth and value.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Country Firsts People Twenties
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Day Freedom July Memorial
When we give what we can, and give it with joy, we don’t just renew the American tradition of giving, we also renew ourselves.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Giving Joy Ourselves Tradition
But the truth is, countries have to do what is best in each instance to pursue both their interest and their values.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Country Interest Truth
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.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Made Mistakes Professionally Tired
American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Democracy Home Strong Symbol Unique
More people can be great leaders than think they can, but they need a purpose greater than themselves.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Leader People Purpose Themselves Thinking
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.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Citizen Country Greatness People
It’s the biggest public health problem in America, the rising rates of obesity among our young people and very heavy statistics among our adult population.
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Country People Population
History will remember Nelson Mandela as a champion for human dignity and freedom, for peace and reconciliation.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Champion Dignity Remember
I tried marijuana once or twice in England, but didn’t like it. I didn’t inhale.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Country Inhale Marijuana
I like the job. That’s what I’ll miss the most… I’m not sure anybody ever liked this as much as I’ve liked it.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Jobs Missing Political
Technology really has turned out to be a wonderful thing. . . . So Americans really are tuning in in positive ways on the Internet.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Technology Tuning Way
If we disagree and I think I’m right, I just go ahead and do what I think is right. And then she tells me, ‘I told you so.’
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Political Politics Thinking
These dilemmas present perhaps the most enduring conundrum of human history: can people derive their identity primarily by positive association or does life’s meaning also require negative comparison to others?
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Identity People Religion

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