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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

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.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Office Responsibility Running
Any president that lies to the American people should have to resign.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Country Lying People Resign
We find as our interdependence increases that, on the whole, we do better when other people do better as well.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Increase People Wells
We have a moral obligation to make sure the people who are being required to work have the opportunity to work. We must make sure the jobs are there.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Jobs Opportunity People
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

Digging Finding Firsts Yourself
Just as war is freedom’s cost, disagreement is freedom’s privilege.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Freedom Money War
NASA even sent Chuck Berry’s music on a space probe searching for intelligent life in outer space. Well, now, if they’re out there, they’re duck walking
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Ducks Intelligent Searching Space
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.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Liberal Media Party People
We passed welfare reform. All of you know I believe we were right to do it.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Believe Reform Welfare
Everybody counts, everybody deserves a chance, everybody has a responsible role to play and we all do better when we work together.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Play Roles Working Together
Politics is for people who are too ugly to get into showbusiness.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

People Showbusiness Ugly
Nobody is right all the time and even a broken clock is right twice a day.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Broken Clock Day Time Twice
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.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Country Education Math People Years
We must continue to deepen our ties to the Americas and the Caribbean, our common work to educate children, fight drugs, strengthen democracy, and increase trade.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Children Fighting Ties
Nearly everyone will lie to you, given the right circumstances.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Humorous Lying Stupid
Talk to people about what our real choices are… Our way works better… Stick with us, keep talking and think how much better it will be if we keep going forward together.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Real Talking Thinking

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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