Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clintonis an American politician who was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Clinton was previously Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992, and the Arkansas Attorney General from 1977 to 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, ideologically Clinton was a New Democrat, and many of his policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy...
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth19 August 1946
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You, the American people, have made our passage into the global information age an era of great American renewal.
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In our shock and grief one thing must remain clear, hate and prejudice are not American values. The public outrage in Laramie and all across America today echoes what we heard at the White House Conference on Hate Crimes last year -- there is something we can do about this, Congress needs to pass our tough Hate Crimes Legislation. It can do so even before it adjourns and it should do so.
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I think that, in a larger sense, there are millions of people all across America that are the children of Martin and Coretta King, whose whole lives were shaped by their passion for people, opportunity and justice, and their commitment to nonviolent change and by not being discouraged in the face of repeated disappointment.
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In the last energy bill they finally gave a 25 percent tax credit for the purchase of new solar equipment and other clean energy equipment. I tried for three years to pass that as president and could not do so. So I am thrilled that it passed. This will mean that a lot of these products are now far more cost effective and will off a lot sooner than they would before.
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Mine will be the most ethical administration in the history of the republic!
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I want every American to know that, while you may disagree with this decision, I made it on the merits as I saw them, and I take full responsibility for it.
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This has been a time of dramatic transformation, and you have risen to every new challenge.
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I think he's got it. The Democrats need candidates whom people can relate to in a personal way, people who understand their lives and their concerns and share their values. And I think that's something Tim can do without even pretending.
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And so I share an interest in public service. He likes sports. I like sports. He likes people. And I think he's a genuinely good man.
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The global economy is giving more of our own people, and billions around the world, the chance to work and live and raise their families with dignity.
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Let us never demonize or give up on those who disagree with us. We don't want to become like the right-wing talk-show hosts, hammering our adversaries into cartoon characters and denying their humanity.
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I think that the trend toward freedom is virtually irreversible . . . these folks are too young and too vigorous.
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It is inconceivable that a relationship this large, various, complex and deep, would not occasionally have rough spots and disagreements.
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Keep in mind, I supported Kyoto. The countries that believe in targets today are essential to the very creation of a carbon-trading market.