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If you believe in making change from the bottom up, if you believe the measure of change is how many people's lives are better, you know it's hard and some people think it's boring. Speeches like this are fun, actually doing the work is hard.

William J. Clinton

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William J. Clinton
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 19
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Americans long to be united. After 9/11, we all just wanted to be one nation. Not a single American on September the 12, 2001, cared who won the next presidential election.
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President Obama is going to have to run against himself. In tough times, nobody can defeat himself.
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If you want to be forgiven, you have to extend forgiveness, even to people who aren't smart enough to ask for it.
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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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