I’ve gained first hand knowledge of the challenges faced by people with disabilities. It’s made me understand that those of us who have full use of our physical faculties owe an enormous amount of respect and sensitivity to people who don’t.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONOne of the things that all kids are taught by their parents is this old “sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”
More William J. Clinton Quotes
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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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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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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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I believe that this country’s policies should be heavily biased in favor of nondiscrimination.
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By the end of the first month of the 1995 session, each senator will have made more money than any person who works 40 hours a week at minimum wage for the entire year.
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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.’
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In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything.
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But the truth is, countries have to do what is best in each instance to pursue both their interest and their values.
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Education no longer stops on graduation day. We must demand excellence at every level of education.
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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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He was a martyr of peace but was the victim of hate. If people can’t let go of the hatred of their enemies they risk sowing the seeds of hate among themselves.
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Globalisation is not something that we can hold off or turn off. It is the economic equivalent of a force of nature, like wind or water.
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I did a lot of work on energy efficiency at the White House. By the time I left we had taken the equivalent of six hundred cars a year off the road in reduced greenhouse gas emissions just in the White House complex.
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AIDS is no longer a death sentence for those who can get the medicines. Now it’s up to the politicians to create the “comprehensive strategies” to better treat the disease.
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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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