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A World Without Walls Is The Only Sustainable World. . . . If The World Is Dominated By People Who Believe That Their Races, Their Religions, Their Ethnic Differences Are The Most Important Factors, Then A Huge Number Of People Will Perish In This Century.

-William J. Clinton

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A World Without Walls

William J. Clinton

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A World Without Walls Is The Only Sustainable World. . . . If The World Is Dominated By People Who Believe That Their Races, Their Religions, Their Ethnic Differences Are The Most Important Factors, Then A Huge Number Of People Will Perish In This Century.

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Congratulations

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Pessimism Is An Excuse For Not Trying And A Guarantee To A Personal Failure.

Without Question, Bicycling Is An Efficient, Economical And Environmentally Sound Form Of Transportation And Recreation. Bicycling Is A Great Activity For Families, Recreational Riders And Commuters. Hillary, Chelsea And I Have Bicycles.

I Have Never Seen . . . So Slippery, So Disgusting A Candidate.

Demand That Your Government Pays More Attention. It's Immoral That People In Africa Die Like Flies Of Diseases That No One Dies Of In The United States. And The More Disease There Is, The More Political Unrest There Will Be, Leading To More Darfurs, Which The U.s. Will Have To Pay To Fix.

Some Day We Hope To Liberate Every Man On Earth From The Tendency As Old As Human History To Identify Our Strength And Manhood With The Ability To Control The Lives, Limit The Chances, And Doom The Dreams Of Women And Girls.

Literacy Is Not A Luxury, It Is A Right And A Responsibility.

It Is Important To Me That Everybody Who Has Been Hurt Know That The Sorrow I Feel Is Genuine. First And Most Important, My Family, My Friends, My Staff, My Cabinet, Monica Lewinsky And Her Family And The American People. I Have Asked All For Their Forgiveness.

I Am Committed To Curbing The Influence Of Money In Our Political System.

We Must Work Tirelessly To Make Sure That Every Boy And Girl In America Who Is Up For Adoption Has A Family Waiting To Reach Him Or Her...this Is A Season Of Miracles, And Perhaps There Is No Greater Miracle Than Finding A Loving Home For A Child Who Needs One.

We Passed Welfare Reform. All Of You Know I Believe We Were Right To Do It.

Constant Conflict Is Actually Often Good Politics. Because The More You Can Inflame Your Supporters The More Likely They Are To Show Up At Election Day. And If They're More Inflamed Than The Other Side, Even If The Other Side Has More People Agreeing With It, You'll Win, Because Your Crowd Will Show Up.

Simply Put, Unsustainable Debt Is Helping To Keep Too Many Poor Countries And Poor People In Poverty.

I Would Never Approach A Small-breasted Woman.

I Wanted To Continue To Be Active On Those Things That I Cared About When I Was President Where I Could Still Have An Impact.

We've Had Periods Of Meanness In American Politics. Actually, The Dawn Of Partisan Division In America Was Basically In George Washington's Second Term, When It Was Obvious That He Would Be The First And Only Consensus President.

Sincerity? I Can Fake That.

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