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You know the one thing that's wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say.

You know the one thing that's wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say.

William J. Clinton
Funny, Country, Stupid

The hard fact is that so long as Saddam remains in power, he threatens the well-being of his people, the peace of his region, and the security of the world.

William J. Clinton
Long, People, World
"Transcript: President Clinton explains Iraq strike", www.cnn.com. December 16, 1998.

Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure.

William J. Clinton
Failure, Trying, Guarantees

Frankly, I'm fed up with politicians in Washington lecturing the rest of us about family values. Our families have values. But our government doesn't.

William J. Clinton
Family, Government, Politician

Even as people take pride in their national independence, we know we are becoming more and more interdependent.

William J. Clinton
Pride, People, Independence
Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 2000-2001”, p.2549, Best Books on

A few years ago, (Barack Obama) would have been getting us coffee.

William J. Clinton
Coffee, Years, Racism

I think the Democrats are going to have to be willing to give up, maybe, some short-term political gain by whipping up fears on some of these things - if it's a reasonable Social Security proposal, a reasonable Medicare proposal. We've got to deal with these things. You cannot have health care devour the economy.

William J. Clinton
Giving Up, Thinking, Political

I don't know whether it's the finest public housing in America or the crown jewel of the American penal system.

William J. Clinton
America, Jewels, Presidential
Clinton, William J. (1994). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1993”, p.1931, Best Books on

No one who has lived through the second half of the 20th century could possibly be blind to the enormous impact of exchange programs on the future of countries.

William J. Clinton
Country, Inspiration, Impact
Clinton, William J. (1994). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1993”, p.399, Best Books on

Everybody knows that I have tougher ethics rules than any previous President.

William J. Clinton
Stupid, Presidential, Ethics
"Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, William J. Clinton, 1995, Bk. 1, January 1 to June 30, 1995".

From New Hampshire forward, for reasons that absolutely mystified me, the press thought the most important issue in the race was the middle class tax cut. I never did meet any voter who thought that.

William J. Clinton
Cutting, Race, Class

The people have spoken, but it will take a while to determine exactly what they said.

William J. Clinton
People, Said, They Said

The world has never truly had to develop an ethic of interdependence rooted in our common humanity. And if we do it, the 21st century will be the most interesting, exciting, peaceful era in history.

William J. Clinton
Common Humanity, Interesting, Peaceful

There are a lot of very brilliant people who believe that the nation-state is fast becoming a relic of the past.

William J. Clinton
Believe, Past, People

We will lower the tax burden on middle class Americans by asking the very wealthy to pay their fair share. Middle class taxpayers will have a choice between a children's tax credit or a significant reduction in their income tax rate.

William J. Clinton
Children, Class, Choices

Hillary's opponent, in his entire campaign, every two or three weeks has said for months and months and months, beginning in Nevada, that really there wasn't much difference in how America did when I was president and how America's done under President Bush. Now, if you believe that, you should probably vote for him, but you get a very bad grade in history.

William J. Clinton
Believe, Two, Differences
"Will Hillary’s Campaign Self-Destruct (again)?" by Arnold Steinberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 10, 2016.

I mean, when's the last time we elected a president based on one year of service in the Senate before he started running? I mean, he will have been a senator longer by the time he's inaugurated, but essentially once you start running for president full time you don't have time to do much else.

William J. Clinton
Running, Mean, Years

I think the country could be spared a lot of agony and the government could worry about inflation and a lot of other problems if [Nixon would] go on and resign. [There is] no question that an admission of making false statements to government officials and interfering with the FBI and the CIA is an impeachable offense.

William J. Clinton
Country, Thinking, Government

No wonder Americans hate politics when, year in and year out, they hear politicians make promises that won't come true because they don't even mean them - campaign fantasies that win elections but don't get nations moving again

William J. Clinton
Hate, Moving, Mean

Climate change is more remote than terror but a more profound threat to the future of the children and the grandchildren and the great-grandchildren I hope all of you have.

William J. Clinton
Children, Profound, Climate

Palestinians are a hard-working and an incredible community. They have done remarkably well outside their country. I have never met a poor Palestinian in the United States; every Palestinian I know is a college professor or a doctor.

William J. Clinton
Country, Hard Work, College

You live in the age of interdependence. Borders don't count for much or stop much, good or bad, anymore.

William J. Clinton
Age, Borders, Interdependence

The other thing we have to do is to take seriously the role in this problem of . . . older men who prey on underage women. . . . There are consequences to decisions and . . . one way or the other, people always wind up being held accountable.

William J. Clinton
Men, Wind, People

No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit.

William J. Clinton
Inspirational Life, Overcoming, Energy

Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the time when they most need to think.

William J. Clinton
Happiness, Hate, Stress