quotes by Bill Clinton
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"from Bill Clinton speech-
"People are more impressed by the power of our example rather than the example of our power...""
— Bill Clinton
"People are more impressed by the power of our example rather than the example of our power...""
— Bill Clinton
"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America."
— Bill Clinton
— Bill Clinton
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america
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"We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more."
— Bill Clinton
— Bill Clinton
"When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old."
— Bill Clinton
— Bill Clinton
"The real differences around the world today are not between Jews and Arabs; Protestants and Catholics; Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. The real differences are between those who embrace peace and those who would destroy it. Between those who look to the future and those who cling to the past. Between those who open their arms and those who are determined to clench their fists."
— Bill Clinton
— Bill Clinton
"People around the world have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power."
— Bill Clinton
— Bill Clinton
" “If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.”"
— Bill Clinton
— Bill Clinton
"I learned a lot from the stories my uncle, aunts and grandparents told me: that no one is perfect but most people are good; that people can’t be judged by their worst or weakest moments; that harsh judgements can make hypocrites of us all; that a lot of life is just showing up and hanging on; that laughter is often the best, and sometimes the only response to pain.
Perhaps most important, I learned that everyone has a story – of dreams and nightmares, hope and heartache, love and loss, courage and fear, sacrifice and selfishness. All my life I’ve been interested in other people’s stories. I wanted to know them, understand them, feel them. When I grew up into politics, I always felt the main point of my work was to people a chance to have better stories. - Page 15, Paragraph 5, ‘My Life’ by Bill Clinton. –Hard cover version-"
— Bill Clinton
Perhaps most important, I learned that everyone has a story – of dreams and nightmares, hope and heartache, love and loss, courage and fear, sacrifice and selfishness. All my life I’ve been interested in other people’s stories. I wanted to know them, understand them, feel them. When I grew up into politics, I always felt the main point of my work was to people a chance to have better stories. - Page 15, Paragraph 5, ‘My Life’ by Bill Clinton. –Hard cover version-"
— Bill Clinton
"Being President is like being the groundskeeper in a cemetery: there are a lot of people under you, but none of them are listening."
— Bill Clinton
— Bill Clinton
"Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America."
— Bill Clinton
— Bill Clinton
"If one candidate is appealing to your fears, and the other one's appealing to your hopes, you’d better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope!"
— Bill Clinton
— Bill Clinton
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politics
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"He [Walter Cronkite] was also a profoundly good man. I don't think we should lose sight of that. All those professional gifts emanated from a very good core and that's something that's beyond training. It's who he was."
— Bill Clinton
— Bill Clinton
"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America."
— Bill Clinton
— Bill Clinton
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humor
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"“We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs.”"
— Bill Clinton
— Bill Clinton
"All America loses when any person is denied or forced out of a job because of sexual orientation. Being gay, the last time I thought about it, seemed to have nothing to do with the ability to read a balance book, fix a broken bone, or change a spark plug."
— Bill Clinton
— Bill Clinton
"We live in a completely interdependent world, which simply means we can not escape each other. How we respond to AIDS depends, in part, on whether we understand this interdependence. It is not someone else's problem. This is everybody's problem."
— Bill Clinton
— Bill Clinton
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hiv-aids
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"They should be impressed by the power of our example, not the example of our power."
— Bill Clinton
— Bill Clinton
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awesome
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"There is nothing wrong in America that can't be fixed with what is right in America."
— Bill Clinton
— Bill Clinton

