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" Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening. "

William J. Clinton

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" When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable. "

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" When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day. "

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" When I was president, I worked hard to give you more peace and shared prosperity, to give you an America where nobody is invisible or counted out. But for this time, Hillary is uniquely qualified to seize the opportunities and reduce the risks we face. And she is still the best darn change-maker I have ever known. "

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" Character is a journey, not a destination. "

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" Remember, Republican economic policies quadrupled the debt before I took office and doubled it after I left. We simply can't afford to double-down on trickle-down. "

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" It's heartbreaking to see so many people trapped in a web of enforced idleness, deep debt, and gnawing self-doubt. "

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" I like the job. That's what I'll miss the most... I'm not sure anybody ever liked this as much as I've liked it. "

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" I believe I'm a better authority than anybody else in America on my own wife. I have never known a person with a stronger sense of right and wrong in my life ever. "

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" Today, many companies are reporting that their number one constraint on growth is the inability to hire workers with the necessary skills. "

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" My fellow Americans, you have to decide what kind of country you want to live in. If you want a you're on your own, winner take all society you should support the Republican ticket. If you want a country of shared opportunities and shared responsibilities - a 'we're all in it together' society, you should vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. "

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" Though I often disagree with Republicans, I never learned to hate them the way the far right that now controls their party seems to hate President Obama and the Democrats. "

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" You are the most powerful cultural force in the world. "

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" 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. "

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" You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle. "

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" Promising too much can be as cruel as caring too little. "

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" I don't believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely because of a contribution. "

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" If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream is alive and well, and where the United States remains the leading force for peace and prosperity in a highly competitive world, you should vote for Barack Obama. "

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" If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program. "

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" I haven't eaten at a McDonald's since I became President. "

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" Posterity is the world to come; the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand responsibility from all. "

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" We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons. "

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" Because primarily of the power of the Internet, people of modest means can band together and amass vast sums of money that can change the world for some public good if they all agree. "

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" I am in support of the NRA position on gun control. "

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" President Obama's approach embodies the values, the ideas, and the direction America must take to build a 21st century version of the American Dream in a nation of shared opportunities, shared prosperity and shared responsibilities. "

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" Strength and wisdom are not opposing values. "

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" 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. "

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" When I became president with a commitment to reform health care, Hillary was a natural to head the health care task force. You all know we failed because we couldn't break a Senate filibuster. Hillary immediately went to work on solving the problems the bill sought to address one by one. "

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" If you're a Muslim and you love America and freedom and you hate terror, stay here and help us win and make a future together. We want you. "

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