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. CLINTONBeing President is a little like being the grounds-keeper at a cemetery: there’s plenty of people below you but no one’s listening.
More William J. Clinton Quotes
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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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There’s a big conservative press unabashedly and for the Democrats and even people to the left of the Democratic party, there’s almost virtually no outlets that you can compare with the vast array of conservative press that’s out there.
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Everybody knows that I have tougher ethics rules than any previous President.
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…the fact [is] that our borders leak like a sieve: those things cannot be permitted to continue in good conscience.
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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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A great democracy doesn’t make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon.
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We need not just a new generation of leadership but a new gender of leadership
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I was also very concerned about protecting my family.
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My plan after office is to get up and spend that entire first day helping my wife move into her new senatorial office.
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Technology really has turned out to be a wonderful thing. . . . So Americans really are tuning in in positive ways on the Internet.
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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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[George Bush] has raised taxes on the people driving pickup trucks and lowered taxes on the people riding in limousines. We can do better.
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History will remember Nelson Mandela as a champion for human dignity and freedom, for peace and reconciliation.
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Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.
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Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We – the American people – we are the solution.
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