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.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONThese dilemmas present perhaps the most enduring conundrum of human history: can people derive their identity primarily by positive association or does life’s meaning also require negative comparison to others?
More William J. Clinton Quotes
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You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president.
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Character doesn’t matter.
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We must say no to illegal immigration so we can continue to say yes to legal immigration.
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I want American Dream growth – lots of new businesses, well-paying jobs, and American leadership in new industries, like clean energy and biotechnology.
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[George Bush] has raised taxes on the people driving pickup trucks and lowered taxes on the people riding in limousines. We can do better.
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Just as war is freedom’s cost, disagreement is freedom’s privilege.
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We passed welfare reform. All of you know I believe we were right to do it.
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Though we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless.
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One of the things that I think we have learned is that we should all be very careful about making predictions about the future.
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Forget what you may have heard about a digital divide or worries that the world is splintering into ‘info haves’ and ‘info have-nots.’ The fact is, technology fosters equality, and it’s often the relatively cheap and mundane devices that do the most good.
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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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America’s greatness depends on the ability of its citizens to make the most of their lives. Americans with disabilities are an enormous, often untapped reservoir of that potential.
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History will remember Nelson Mandela as a champion for human dignity and freedom, for peace and reconciliation.
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You have to make a conscious decision to change for your own well-being, and that of your family and your country.
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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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