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True Excellence requires a worthy dream, a good Idea of how to realize it and the courage to risk failure to achieve it.

William J. Clinton

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William J. Clinton
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 19
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We will stand mighty for peace and freedom and maintain a strong defense against terror and destruction. Our children will sleep free from the threat of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons.
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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.
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The best example of all, to me, that our problems are both personal and cultural and political and social is the whole condition of the middle class economically.
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Citizenship in the 21st century requires more than paying your taxes and voting and occasionally running for office. That even if you're never in political office, you have political responsibilities. You can make your society stronger and better.
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Leadership means bringing people together in pursuit of a common cause, developing a plan to achieve it, and staying with it until the goal is achieved.
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A significant number of petroleum geologists believe that we will reach the global maximum of petroleum extraction within this decade or that we have already reached it. Peak Oil happened in 1970 in America, when over half of our oil that we gained from the soil was exhausted ... This is very disturbing, regardless of global warming.
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Constant conflict is actually often good politics. Because the more you can inflame your supporters the more likely they are to show up at election day. And if they're more inflamed than the other side, even if the other side has more people agreeing with it, you'll win, because your crowd will show up.
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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.
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I love and revere the rich and proud history of America. And I am determined to take our best traditions into the future. But with all respect, we do not need to build a bridge to the past. We need to build a bridge to the future.
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We can't afford to lose control of our own borders or to take on new financial burdens at a time when we are not adequately providing for the jobs, the health care and the education of our own people.
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My plan after office is to get up and spend that entire first day helping my wife move into her new senatorial office.
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The United States should.... avoid unilateral export controls and controls on technology widely available in world markets. Unilateral controls penalize U.S. exporters without advancing U.S. national security or foreign policy interests.
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...Nixon's subversion [of the consititution] consisted of: One presidental lie one invocation of presidental privilege, and zero criminal offences.
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I admire that about the Republicans: The evidence does not faze them. They are not bothered at all by the facts.
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We must continue to deepen our ties to the Americas and the Caribbean, our common work to educate children, fight drugs, strengthen democracy, and increase trade.
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I tried to walk a line between acting lawfully AND testifying falsely, but I now realize that I did not fully accomplish that goal.
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Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure.
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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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Some day we hope to liberate every man on earth from the tendency as old as human history to identify our strength and manhood with the ability to control the lives, limit the chances, and doom the dreams of women and girls.
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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.
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