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All Americans, Not Only In The States Most Heavily Affected But In Every Place In This Country, Are Rightly Disturbed By The Large Numbers Of Illegal Aliens Entering Our Country. The Jobs They Hold Might Otherwise Be Held By Citizens Or Legal Immigrants. The Public Services They Use Impose Burdens On Our Taxpayers. That's Why Our Administration Has Moved Aggressively To Secure Our Borders More By Hiring A Record Number Of New Border Guards, By Deporting Twice As Many Criminal Aliens As Ever Before, By Cracking Down On Illegal Hiring, By Barring Welfare Benefits To Illegal Aliens.

-William J. Clinton

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All Americans, Not Only In The States Most Heavily Affected But In Every Place In This Country, Are Rightly Disturbed By The Large Numbers Of Illegal Aliens Entering Our Country. The Jobs They Hold Might Otherwise Be Held By Citizens Or Legal Immigrants. The Public Services They Use Impose Burdens On Our Taxpayers. That's Why Our Administration Has Moved Aggressively To Secure Our Borders More By Hiring A Record Number Of New Border Guards, By Deporting Twice As Many Criminal Aliens As Ever Before, By Cracking Down On Illegal Hiring, By Barring Welfare Benefits To Illegal Aliens.

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Making A Difference

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Mass Destruction

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

Frankly, I'm Fed Up With Politicians In Washington Lecturing The Rest Of Us About Family Values. Our Families Have Values. But Our Government Doesn't.

The World Economy, The World Environment, The World Aids Crisis, The World Arms Race: They Affect Us All.

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 Only By Their Worst Or Weakest Moments; That Harsh Judgements 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 Only Response To Pain.

No We Can't Cast Ourselves As Liberals.

If You Wanted To Create Jobs In A Way That Has Minimal Effect On The Deficit But Has Government Action, The Two Best Things You Could Do Are The Infrastructure Bank And A Simple Sba-like Loan Guarantee For All Building Retrofits, Where The Contractor Or The Energy-service Company Guarantees The Savings. So That Allows The Bank To Loan Money To Let A School Or A College Or A Hospital Or A Museum Or A Commercial Building Unencumbered By Debt To Loan It On Terms That Are Longer, So You Can Pay It Back Only From Your Utility Savings. You Could Create A Million Jobs Doing That.

We Can't Afford To Lose Control Of Our Own Borders Or To Take On New Financial Burdens At A Time When We Are Not Adequately Providing For The Jobs, The Health Care And The Education Of Our Own People.

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.

When I Took Office, Only High Energy Physicists Had Ever Heard Of What Is Called The Worldwide Web... Now Even My Cat Has Its Own Page.

What Are The Needs Of The World? What Can I Do That Won't Be Done If I Don't Do It?

The Struggle For Your Own Character Is The Struggle For The Nation's Character.

What We Need To Do Is To Have A Sensible Approach To Immigration. It Needs To Be Open. It Needs To Be Non-dogmatic And Non-bigoted. We Need To Be Firm But Reasonable In The Way We Deal With The Problem Of Illegal Immigration. And We Need To Try To Get As Many Of Our Immigrants Who Want To Do So To Become Citizens As Quickly As Possible So That The American People Will All See That This Is A Part Of The Process Of American History, Which Is A Good One For Our Country.

Presidents Are Not Permitted To Have Personal Feelings.

In The Emerging Global Economy, Everything Is Mobile: Capital, Factories, Even Entire Industries. The Only Resource That's Really Rooted In A Nation--and The Ultimate Source Of All Its Wealth--is Its People.

The Most Ethical Administration In The History Of The Republic.

Nafta Means Jobs. American Jobs, And Good Paying American Jobs. If I Didn't Believe That, I Wouldn't Support This Agreement.

Somehow We All End Up Paying For What We Do.

I Think The Country Could Be Spared A Lot Of Agony And The Government Could Worry About Inflation And A Lot Of Other Problems If [nixon Would] Go On And Resign. [there Is] No Question That An Admission Of Making False Statements To Government Officials And Interfering With The Fbi And The Cia Is An Impeachable Offense.

I'm Very Proud That The First Bill I Had The Opportunity To Sign Into Law As President Was The Family And Medical Leave Act No Parent Should Ever Have To Choose Between Work And Family; Between Earning A Decent Wage And Caring For A Child.

I Issued A Number Of Denials To People I Thought Needed To Hear Them

Politics Is Not Religion And We Should Govern On The Basis Of Evidence, Not Theology.

I Think We Need To Push Harder, We The Democrats, Because It's An Open Door For The Republicans - Prosperity Centers.

When I Was A Younger Man And Had A Life, I Owned An El Camino Pickup In The '70s. It Was A Real Sort Of Southern Deal. I Had Astroturf In The Back.

Heavy As They Are, The Costs Of Action Must Be Weighed Against The Price Of Inaction. If Saddam Defies The World And We Fail To Respond, We Will Face A Far Greater Threat In The Future. Saddam Will Strike Again At His Neighbors; He Will Make War On His Own People. And Mark My Words, He Will Develop Weapons Of Mass Destruction. He Will Deploy Them, And He Will Use Them.

Mass Destruction

Let Us Rededicate Ourselves To The Principle That All Americans Have The Tools To Make The Most Of Their God-given Potential. For Indian Tribes And Tribal Members, This Means That The Authority Of Tribal Governments Must Be Accorded The Respect And Support To Which They Are Entitled Under The Law. It Means That American Indian Children And Youth Must Be Provided A Solid Education And The Opportunity To Go On To College. It Means That More Must Be Done To Stimulate Tribal Economies, Create Jobs, And Increase Economic Opportunities.

Education No Longer Stops On Graduation Day. We Must Demand Excellence At Every Level Of Education.

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