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

William J. Clinton

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

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" I came of age believing that, no matter what happened, I would always be able to support myself. "

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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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" 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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" The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense. "

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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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" When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good, but what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation. "

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" Where are the jobs going to come from? Small business, manufacturing and clean energy. Where's the money to finance them? The banks and the corporations in America today have lots of money that they can invest right now. "

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" You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president. "

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

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" Well, first of all, I think that a lot of the voters who are voting for the tea party candidates have really good impulses. That is, they believe that for years and years and years, the people with wealth and power or government power have done well and ordinary people have not. That's true. "

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

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" I want American Dream growth - lots of new businesses, well-paying jobs, and American leadership in new industries, like clean energy and biotechnology. "

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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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" In today's knowledge-based economy, what you earn depends on what you learn. Jobs in the information technology sector, for example, pay 85 percent more than the private sector average. "

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

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" American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted. "

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" Hillary will make us stronger together. You know it because she's spent a lifetime doing it. "

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" President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two and a half dollars of spending reductions for every one dollar of revenue increases, and tight controls on future spending. It's the kind of balanced approach proposed by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission. "

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" If you win elections on the theory that government is always bad and will mess up a two-car parade... a real change-maker represents a real threat. So your only option is to create a cartoon, a cartoon alternative, then run against the cartoon. Cartoons are two-dimensional; they're easy to absorb. "

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" I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries and to both Presidents Bush for the work we've done together after the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian earthquake. "

William J. Clinton

" President Obama's record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship. "

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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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" I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I'll pay more, but it won't solve the problem. "

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" The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime. "

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" A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving. "

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

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" Character is a journey, not a destination. "

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" If you think the President was right to open the doors of American opportunity to young immigrants brought here as children who want to go to college or serve in the military, you should vote for Barack Obama. "

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