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This Is One Way That Wealthy Americans Could Really Contribute. They Could Put Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Into The Infrastructure Bank, Be A Good Investment For Them, For Their Children, For Their Grandchildren, And They Would Directly Contribute To Revitalizing A Big Sector Of Middle-class Wages In America And Making Our Country More Productive, So That We Could Create More Opportunity. But I Think That We Could Get A Lot Of Grassroots Support From, Like, Local Chambers Of Commerce And Other Things If They Understood Exactly How This Infrastructure Bank Would Work.

-William J. Clinton

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William J. Clinton

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This Is One Way That Wealthy Americans Could Really Contribute. They Could Put Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Into The Infrastructure Bank, Be A Good Investment For Them, For Their Children, For Their Grandchildren, And They Would Directly Contribute To Revitalizing A Big Sector Of Middle-class Wages In America And Making Our Country More Productive, So That We Could Create More Opportunity. But I Think That We Could Get A Lot Of Grassroots Support From, Like, Local Chambers Of Commerce And Other Things If They Understood Exactly How This Infrastructure Bank Would Work.

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If You Want To Know Where I Come By The Passionate Commitment I Have To Bringing People Together Without Regard To Race, It All Started With My Grandfather.

Only A Fool Does Not Look To Explain His Mistakes.

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.

One Of The Things That I Think We Have Learned Is That We Should All Be Very Careful About Making Predictions About The Future.

Tonight, I Propose A 21st Century Crime Bill To Deploy The Latest Technologies And Tactics To Make Our Communities Even Safer. Our Balanced Budget Will Help Put Up To 50,000 More Police On The Street In The Areas Hardest Hit By Crime, And Then To Equip Them With New Tools From Crime-mapping Computers To Digital Mug Shots. We Must Break The Deadly Cycle Of Drugs And Crime.

History Will Remember Nelson Mandela As A Champion For Human Dignity And Freedom, For Peace And Reconciliation.

If You Look Back At The 1960's In The United States, And If You Think That More Good Was Done Than Harm, You Are Probably A Democrat. If You Think That More Harm Was Done Than Good, Then You're Probably A Republican.

There Seems To Be No Mainframe Explanation For The Pc World In Which We're Living.

Americans - Not Just Starting Thirty Years Ago But Going Back To The Beginning, When We Were Rebelling Against King George - We've Always Been Of Two Minds About The Government, Which Is Why The Framers Wrote The Constitution The Way They Did.

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.

I Am Trying To Be Honest With You And It Hurts Me. Now.

No Wonder Americans Hate Politics When, Year In And Year Out, They Hear Politicians Make Promises That Won't Come True Because They Don't Even Mean Them - Campaign Fantasies That Win Elections But Don't Get Nations Moving Again

I Made A Big Mistake. It Is Indefensible And I Am Sorry.

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.

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.

We Will Lower The Tax Burden On Middle Class Americans By Asking The Very Wealthy To Pay Their Fair Share. Middle Class Taxpayers Will Have A Choice Between A Children's Tax Credit Or A Significant Reduction In Their Income Tax Rate.

...the Fact [is] That Our Borders Leak Like A Sieve: Those Things Cannot Be Permitted To Continue In Good Conscience.

[george Bush] Has Raised Taxes On The People Driving Pickup Trucks And Lowered Taxes On The People Riding In Limousines. We Can Do Better.

I Don't Know Whether It's The Finest Public Housing In America Or The Crown Jewel Of The American Penal System.

Justice May Be Blind, But We All Know That Diversity In The Courts, As In All Aspects Of Society, Sharpens Our Vision And Makes Us A Stronger Nation.

We Will Reduce The White House Staff By 25 Percent

The Secret To Living A Full Life With No Regrets And To Staying Young Is To Figure Out What You Believe In And Fight For It. If You Lose, Don't Give Up. If You Win, Raise The Bar, And Then Rare Back And Do Something Else. And Remember That, With The Accumulation Of Years, Our Responsibilities To The Future Grow Greater, Not Less.

I Mean My Life Was A Combination Of Fascination With Other People, With Politics, And With Policy, And The Impact Of Government Decisions On People's Lives And The Life Of Our Nation And The Life Of The World.

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