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When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.

William J. Clinton

[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.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Important Leader Natural
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
It depends upon what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Liberal Perjury Stupid Stupidity
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
If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the government’s ability to govern the people, we should look to limit those guarantees.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Government Guarantee People War
We should pass a flex time law that allows employees to take their overtime pay in money or in time off, depending on what’s better for their family.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Better Law Pay Speech
Supporters of capital punishment bear a special responsibility to ensure the fairness of this irreversible punishment.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Punishment Responsibility Special
If you want to live like a Republican, vote like a Democrat.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Funny Humor Want
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. CLINTON

Effort Republican Responsibility Thinking
…the fact [is] that our borders leak like a sieve: those things cannot be permitted to continue in good conscience.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Borders Facts Immigration
I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Funny Inspirational Marijuana
We passed welfare reform. All of you know I believe we were right to do it.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Believe Reform Welfare
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.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Children Country Girl Home People
Sincerity? I can fake that.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Fake I Can Sincerity
We can’t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Government Gun Rights
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

When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.

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When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.

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