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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.

-William J. Clinton

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Heavy As They Are,

William J. Clinton

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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.

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Though Government Has An Important Role To Play In Meeting The Many Challenges That Remain Before Us, We Are Coming To Understand That No Organization, Including Government, Will Fully Succeed Without The Active Participation Of Each Of Us. Volunteers Are Vital To Enabling This Country To Live Up To The True Promise Of Its Heritage

Every Tax Cut I Call For Is Targeted, It's Responsible And It Is Paid For Within My Balanced Budget Plan. My Tax Cuts Will Not Undermine Our Economy. They Will Speed Economic Growth.

I Believe In Religious Liberty. I Believe In Freedom Of Speech. I Believe In Working Hard And Playing By The Rules. I'm Showing Up For Work Tomorrow.

Freedom Of Speech

I Think You Have You To Give People The Facts [about Global Warming], And Then You Have To Tell Them, This Is Not Like Drinking Castor Oil. There Is A, An Economically Exciting Way For Us To Create A Whole New Generation Of American Jobs Without Costing Them An Enormous Amount Of Money Or Forcing Them To Change Their Lifestyle.

The Most Ethical Administration In The History Of The Republic.

Volunteering Is An Act Of Heroism On A Grand Scale. And It Matters Profoundly. It Does More Than Help People Beat The Odds; It Changes The Odds.

I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman, Miss Lewinsky. I Never Told Anybody To Lie, Not A Single Time - Never. These Allegations Are False.

I Experimented With Marijuana A Time Or Two.

Taxing Less And Spending More.. It's Fun In The Short Run, But It's A Recipe For Disaster.

When I Was President, I Knew Exactly What I Wanted To Do Every Day To Bring America Together And Create A Greater Sense Of Opportunity And A Larger Sense Of Responsibility And A Stronger Sense Of Community.

I Might Not Be The Same, But That's Not Important/no Freedom Till We're Equal, Damn Right I Support It

You Don't Have To Be An Elected Official To Be A Public Servant.

Elected Officials

Public Servants

I Ask You To Join In A Re-united States. We Need To Empower Our People So They Can Take More Responsibility For Their Own Lives In A World That Is Ever Smaller, Where Everyone Counts.... We Need A New Spirit Of Community, A Sense That We Are All In This Together, Or The American Dream Will Continue To Wither. Our Destiny Is Bound Up With The Destiny Of Every Other American.

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.

America Just Works Better When More People Have A Chance To Live Their Dreams.

More People Can Be Great Leaders Than Think They Can, But They Need A Purpose Greater Than Themselves.

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.

I'm Sure I Spent More Time In Texas Than Anybody Else Who Had Run For President Recently.

Palestinians Are A Hard-working And An Incredible Community. They Have Done Remarkably Well Outside Their Country. I Have Never Met A Poor Palestinian In The United States; Every Palestinian I Know Is A College Professor Or A Doctor.

Somehow We All End Up Paying For What We Do.

It Is A Commonplace Of American Life That Immigrants Have Made Our Country Great And Continue To Make A Very Important Contribution To The Fabric Of American Life. But...under The Pressures We Face Today, We Can't Afford To Lose Control Of Our 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. Therefore, Immigration Must Be A Priority For This Administration.

Hope I Lived Up To My Reputation For Being Slick.

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