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I try to be self-analytical, both to outline the mistakes I made in my life and try to explain why I did, and the things that on balance I did pretty well on.

William J. Clinton

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William J. Clinton
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 19
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The era of big government is over.
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We live in an interdependent world. Every time you cut off somebody else's opportunities, you shrink your own horizons.
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We are on the right track to the 21st century. We are on the right track, but our work is not finished. What should we do? First, let us consider how to proceed. I say the question is no longer, Who's to blame? but What to do?
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Nearly every problem has been solved by someone, somewhere. The challenge of the 21st century is to find out what works and scale it up.
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We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs.
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Indeed, I did have a relationship with Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong.
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There's this whole problem of trafficking, which has gotten worse in the economic downturn, which disproportionately affects young women, but also affects some young men who are sold into bondage, into basically servitude for indebted work that they can often never escape from.
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She got to go to heaven four days early.
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I want our nation to take responsibility to make sure that every single child can look out the window in the morning and see a whole community getting up and going to work. We want these young people to know the thrill of the first paycheck, the challenge of starting that first business, the pride in following in a parent's footsteps.
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I believe that those who promote discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or any other grounds are gravely mistaken about the values that make our nation strong. I will continue to move my administration in the direction of compassion, acceptance, and understanding.
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The great thing about not being president anymore is I can say whatever I want, about anything. Of course [now], nobody really cares what I say. And now I have the worst of all worlds -- my wife has become the secretary of state, so no one really cares what I say -- unless I mess up.
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And I'd like to say to the Senate, I hope you will say yes to a stronger American democracy in the year 2000.
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The last time I checked, the Constitution said, 'of the people, by the people and for the people.' That's what the Declaration of Independence says.
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Progress changes consciousness, and when people's consciousness changes, then their awareness of what is possible changes as well - a virtuous circle.
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Let us all take more responsibility not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.
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Our paradigm now seems to be: Something terrible happened to us on September 11, and that gives us the right to interpret all future events in a way that everyone else in the world must agree with us. And if they don't, they can go straight to hell.
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I take full responsability...for what we did. It was the right thing to do.
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On Bill Clinton: I have a simple question: Who's the last President to give you a balanced budget?
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