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. CLINTONThough we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless.
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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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Over the past 7 years, we’ve tried to modernize the economy, and today what we’re doing is modernizing the financial services industry, tearing down these antiquated walls, and granting banks significant new authority.
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Though I often disagree with Republicans, I never learned to hate them the way the far right that now controls their party seems to hate our president [Barack Obama] and a lot of other Democrats.
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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.
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If you come from a wealthy country with open borders, unless you seriously believe you can kill, imprison or occupy all your enemies, you have to make a world with more friends and fewer enemies – with more partners and fewer terrorists.
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I like the job. That’s what I’ll miss the most… I’m not sure anybody ever liked this as much as I’ve liked it.
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Everybody knows that I have tougher ethics rules than any previous President.
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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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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.
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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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Great rewards will come to those who can live together, learn together, work together, forge new ties that bind together.
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We cannot idealize technology. Technology is only and always the reflection of our own imagination, and its uses must be conditioned by our own values. Technology can help cure diseases, but we can prevent a lot of diseases by old-fashioned changes in behavior.
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Just as war is freedom’s cost, disagreement is freedom’s privilege.
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Character doesn’t matter.
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We must fortify African democracy and peace by launching Radio Democracy for Africa, supporting the transition to democracy now beginning to take place in Nigeria.
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