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.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON…the fact [is] that our borders leak like a sieve: those things cannot be permitted to continue in good conscience.
More William J. Clinton Quotes
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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.
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There seems to be no mainframe explanation for the PC world in which we’re living.
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There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
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Everybody knows that I have tougher ethics rules than any previous President.
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We must work tirelessly to make sure that every boy and girl in America who is up for adoption has a family waiting to reach him or her…This is a season of miracles, and perhaps there is no greater miracle than finding a loving home for a child who needs one.
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Golf is like life in a lot of ways – All the biggest wounds are self-inflicted.
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I believe that this country’s policies should be heavily biased in favor of nondiscrimination.
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Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.
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I think if the White House or the President want to say anything about our conversations or anything I tried to do to help our country with their support or at their request, then I think they should be the ones to do that. But I think that former presidents should do that.
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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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We must all be profoundly grateful for the magnificent achievements of our forbearers in this century. Yet perhaps in the daily press of events, in the clash of controversy, we don’t see our own time for what it truly is – a new dawn for America.
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Citizenship in the 21st century requires more than paying your taxes and voting and occasionally running for office. That even if you’re never in political office, you have political responsibilities. You can make your society stronger and better.
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I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time – never. These allegations are false.
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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.
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Nobody is right all the time and even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century we must harness the energy and creativity of all our citizens.
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It is important to me that everybody who has been hurt know that the sorrow I feel is genuine. First and most important, my family, my friends, my staff, my cabinet, Monica Lewinsky and her family and the American people. I have asked all for their forgiveness.
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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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[Hillary Clinton] isinsatiably curious, she’s a natural leader, she’s a good organiser, and she’s the best darn change maker I ever met in my entire life. This is a really important point for you to take out of this convention.
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Over the past 7 years, we’ve tried to modernize the economy, and today what we’re doing is modernizing the financial services industry, tearing down these antiquated walls, and granting banks significant new authority.
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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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Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We – the American people – we are the solution.
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We don’t need a constitutional amendment for kids to pray.
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We can’t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.
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Great rewards will come to those who can live together, learn together, work together, forge new ties that bind together.
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What you earn depends on what you learn.
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