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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John had a dream of black people as successful and smart and beautiful and heroic, a vision of keeping hope alive by showing black people as faces of hope. He never gave up. He never gave in. He once said 'At the end of the day, we're all just trying to give people hope.' I liked John Johnson. I thought he was a strong and wise, straight forward and kind man.
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I think it's a mistake for them to try and blame us for it, though, because we actually have a clear and unbroken record of trying to clear up a lot of these corporate abuses. . . . There was corporate malfeasance both before he took office and after. The difference is I actually tried to do something about it, and their party stopped it.
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I think he's trying to build goodwill, which is important. Maybe the last few years have bled enough poison out of the system where it will be possible.
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I think that the country needs a debate that's not a screaming match. . . . And I think too many times we have these arguments on these talk shows where they're trying to get ratings by generating heat, when we ought to be trying to generate more light.
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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.