Frankly, I’m fed up with politicians in Washington lecturing the rest of us about family values. Our families have values. But our government doesn’t.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONIt depends upon what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.
More William J. Clinton Quotes
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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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The future is not an inheritance, it is an opportunity and an obligation.
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Let’s create an integrated global community where we have shared benefits and responsibilities, and we don’t fight because of our differences.
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Our Nation owes a lasting debt of gratitude to all those selfless members of our Armed Forces who have risked their own freedom and safety to defend the the lives and liberty of others.
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Turning 50 gives me more yesterdays than tomorrows.
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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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Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back.
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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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We find as our interdependence increases that, on the whole, we do better when other people do better as well.
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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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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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You don’t have to wait till your party’s in power to have an impact on life at home and around the world.
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We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years, and we must do more to stop it.
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Education no longer stops on graduation day. We must demand excellence at every level of education.
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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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