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Quote by William J. Clinton

“It takes a long time to turn a big country around. Just be of good cheer and keep working on it.”

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William Jefferson Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, was born on August 19, 1946. His presidency was marked by economic prosperity and a series of achievements in domestic and foreign policy. Despite controversies, including a sex scandal and impeachment, Clinton's economic legacy and foreign policy initiatives continue to be widely discussed and studied. more

“I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and heart to get there. That's how I saw it, and see it still.”

“Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings.”

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Author:Jimmy Carter

“For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.”

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Author:Jimmy Carter

“We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century... During this period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries but necessities - not the salt in our bread but the bread itself.”

“A man who has never lost himself in a cause bigger than himself has missed one of life's mountaintop experiences. Only in losing himself does he find himself. Only then does he discover all the latent strengths he never knew he had and which otherwise would have remained dormant.”

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Author:Richard M. Nixon

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