Bill Clinton quotes - page 3

I end tonight where it all began for me: I still believe in a place called Hope. (Bill Clinton)
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. View quote
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It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. View quote
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(George H. W. Bush) won't take the lead in protecting the environment and creating new jobs in environmental technologies for the 21st century, but I will. And you know what else? He doesn't have Al Gore, and I do. View quote
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People like you always help the far-right, because you like to hurt people, and you like to talk about how bad people are and all their personal failings. View quote
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If a politician doesn't wanna get beat up, he shouldn't run for office. If a football player doesn't want to get tackled or want the risk of an a occasional clip he shouldn't put the pads on. View quote
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An increasing number of the young people in the IDF are the children of Russians and settlers, the hardest-core people against a division of the land. This presents a staggering problem. It's a different Israel. 16 percent of Israelis speak Russian. They've just got there, it's their country, they've made a commitment to the future there," Clinton said. "They can't imagine any historical or other claims that would justify dividing it. View quote
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Webb, if I put you over at Justice I want you to find the answers to two questions for me. One, who killed JFK? And two, are there UFOs? View quote
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A hundred years from tonight, another American president will stand in this place and report on the State of the Union. He-or she-(applause)-he or she will look back on a 21st century shaped in so many ways by the decisions we make here and now. So let it be said of us then that we were thinking not only of our time, but of their time; that we reached as high as our ideals; that we put aside our divisions and found a new hour of healing and hopefulness; that we joined together to serve and strengthen the land we love. View quote
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Hillary opened my eyes to a whole new world of public service by private citizens. View quote
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I felt like a pickle stepping into history. (Bill Clinton)
End welfare as we know it. View quote
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She never made fun of people with disabilities; she tried to empower them based on their abilities. View quote
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I ran upstairs to see my wife, we literally just sat there and held each other for, like, 20 minutes. View quote
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Private citizens have more power to do public good and solve common problems than ever before in human history. View quote
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There are clear, achievable, affordable responses to our challenges. But we won't get to them if America makes the wrong choice in this election. That's why you should elect her. And you should elect her because she'll never quit when the going gets tough. She'll never quit on you. View quote
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You know, if I were a single man, I might ask that mummy out. That's a good-looking mummy. View quote
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No one wants to get this matter behind us more than I do-except maybe all the rest of the American people. View quote
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In the years ahead, I will never hold a position higher or a covenant more sacred than that of President of the United States. But there is no title I will wear more proudly than that of citizen. View quote
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History has shown us, that you can't allow the mass extermination of people, and just sit by and watch it happen. View quote
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We need a steady stream of cash. The American people have been uncommonly generous. (Bill Clinton)
My grandfather just had a grade-school education. But in that country store he taught me more about equality in the eyes of the Lord than all my professors at Georgetown; more about the intrinsic worth of every individual than all the philosophers at Oxford; and he taught me more about the need for equal justice than all the jurists at Yale Law School. View quote
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Abigail, do you favor the United States Army abolishing the affirmative action program that produced Colin Powell? Yes or no? Yes or no? View quote
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We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. View quote
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If you believe in making change from the bottom up, if you believe the measure of change is how many people's lives are better, you know it's hard and some people think it's boring. Speeches like this are fun. Actually doing the work is hard. So people say, well, we need to change. She's been around a long time, she sure has, and she's sure been worth every single year she's put into making people's lives better. View quote
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