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William Jefferson Clinton, rodným menom William Jefferson Blythe III je americký politik. V dvoch volebných obdobiach od roku 1993 do 2001 bol 42. prezident Spojených štátov. Predtým bol guvernérom Arkansasu.

Do úradu prezidenta sa dostal vo veku 46 rokov ako tretí najmladší prezident v dejinách USA. Bolo obdobie konca Studenej vojny a Clinton bol prvý prezident z generácie „baby boom“. Bol označovaný ako nový demokrat . Značná časť jeho politiky je označovaná ako stredná tretia cesta filozofie vládnutia. Predtým ako sa stal prezidentom bol dvakrát guvernérom Arkansasu . V rokoch 1977 až 1979 bol generálnym prokurátorom štátu Arkansas.

Vyrastal v Arkansase. Počas štúdia patril medzi študentských lídrov a venoval sa hre na saxofón. Študoval na Georgetown University , University College Oxford a Yalovej univerzite . Na Yalovej univerzite spoznal svoju budúcu manželku Hillary Rodhamovú Clintonovú. Ako guvernér prebudoval štátny vzdelávací systém a slúžil ako predseda organizácie National Governors Association.

V roku 1992 porazil v prezidentských voľbách G. H. W. Busha. Vládol v najdlhšom období mierovej ekonomickej expanzie USA. Podpísal Severoamerickú dohodu o voľnom obchode. Po tom ako v roku 1993 neprešla reforma zdravotníctva stratili demokrati kontrolu v Kongrese . Po dvoch rokoch sa stal druhým demokratom , ktorý bol zvolený dvakrát za prezidenta USA. Presadil reformu sociálnej starostlivosti a program detského zdravotného postenia . V roku 1998 bol obvinený za krivé svedectvo pred porotou a marenie spravodlivosti v prípade sexuálneho škandálu. Bol prepustený zo Senátu. Počas jeho posledných troch rokoch vládnutia, od 1998 do 2000, oznámil Congressional Budget Office prebytok v štátnom rozpočte.

Úrad prezidenta USA opustil s vysokou verejnou mienkou, najvyššou od druhej svetovej vojny. Odvtedy prednášal a venoval sa charite. Založil William J. Clinton Foundation, ktorá sa venuje globálnym problémom ako Aids a globálne otepľovanie. V roku 2004 vydal autobiografiu s názvom My Life. Ostal aktívny v demokratickým prezidentských kampaniach, napr. pre svoju ženu Hillary a Baracka Obamu v 2008 a 2012. Po odchode z úradu prezidenta ostal stále populárnym. Wikipedia  

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“When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a radical amount of individual freedom to Americans, it was assumed that the Americans who had that freedom would use it responsibly.”

Television interview on MTV's Enough is Enough (19 April 1994) http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=49995
1990s
Kontext: When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a radical amount of individual freedom to Americans, it was assumed that the Americans who had that freedom would use it responsibly. That is, when we set up this country, abuse of people by Government was a big problem. So if you read the Constitution, it's rooted in the desire to limit the ability of — Government's ability to mess with you, because that was a huge problem. It can still be a huge problem. But it assumed that people would basically be raised in coherent families, in coherent communities, and they would work for the common good, as well as for the individual welfare.

“Everytime you cut off somebody else's opportunity you shrink your own horizon”

Bill Clinton on why he helps other people. http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/z4m9xu/colbert-galactic-initiative---bill-clinton-pt--1, August 2013
2010s
Kontext: I want to leave my daughter, and my grandchildren I hope to have and all these young people, a better world. And I think the reason you should do things for other people at bottom is selfish. There is no real difference between selfish and selfless if you understand how the world works. We all tied together. [... ] Everytime you cut off somebody else's opportunity you shrink your own horizon.

“But this is America. There is no them; there's only us. One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty, and justice, for all.”

"A Place Called Hope" (July 16, 1992)
1990s, A Place Called Hope (16 July 1992)
Kontext: It is time to heal America. And so we must say to every American: Look beyond the stereotypes that blind us. We need each other. All of us, we need each other. We don't have a person to waste. And yet for too long politicians have told the most of us that are doing all right that what's really wrong with America is the rest of us. Them. Them, the minorities. Them, the liberals. Them, the poor. Them, the homeless. Them, the people with disabilities. Them, the gays. We've gotten to where we've nearly "them"ed ourselves to death. Them and them and them. But this is America. There is no them; there's only us. One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty, and justice, for all.

“We need each other. All of us, we need each other. We don't have a person to waste.”

"A Place Called Hope" (July 16, 1992)
1990s, A Place Called Hope (16 July 1992)
Kontext: It is time to heal America. And so we must say to every American: Look beyond the stereotypes that blind us. We need each other. All of us, we need each other. We don't have a person to waste. And yet for too long politicians have told the most of us that are doing all right that what's really wrong with America is the rest of us. Them. Them, the minorities. Them, the liberals. Them, the poor. Them, the homeless. Them, the people with disabilities. Them, the gays. We've gotten to where we've nearly "them"ed ourselves to death. Them and them and them. But this is America. There is no them; there's only us. One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty, and justice, for all.

“There is no real difference between selfish and selfless”

Bill Clinton on why he helps other people. http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/z4m9xu/colbert-galactic-initiative---bill-clinton-pt--1, August 2013
2010s
Kontext: I want to leave my daughter, and my grandchildren I hope to have and all these young people, a better world. And I think the reason you should do things for other people at bottom is selfish. There is no real difference between selfish and selfless if you understand how the world works. We all tied together. [... ] Everytime you cut off somebody else's opportunity you shrink your own horizon.

“I end tonight where it all began for me: I still believe in a place called Hope.”

"A Place Called Hope" (July 16, 1992)
1990s, A Place Called Hope (16 July 1992)

“Great rewards will come to those who can live together, learn together, work together, forge new ties that bind together.”

Second inaugural address (January 20, 1997)
1990s
Kontext: Our rich texture of racial, religious and political diversity will be a Godsend in the 21st century. Great rewards will come to those who can live together, learn together, work together, forge new ties that bind together.

“We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years, and we must do more to stop it.”

State of the Union address http://millercenter.org/president/clinton/speeches/speech-3440 (24 January 1995)
1990s
Kontext: 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 service 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. In the budget I will present to you, we will try to do more to speed the deportation of illegal aliens who are arrested for crimes, to better identify illegal aliens in the workplace as recommended by the commission headed by former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years, and we must do more to stop it.

“Criticism is part of the lifeblood of democracy. No one is right all the time. But we should remember that there is a big difference between criticizing a policy or a politician and demonizing the government that guarantees our freedoms and the public servants who enforce our laws.”

Writing on the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing

2010s
Kontext: p>Americans have more freedom and broader rights than citizens of almost any other nation in the world, including the capacity to criticize their government and their elected officials. But we do not have the right to resort to violence — or the threat of violence — when we don’t get our way. Our founders constructed a system of government so that reason could prevail over fear. Oklahoma City proved once again that without the law there is no freedom.Criticism is part of the lifeblood of democracy. No one is right all the time. But we should remember that there is a big difference between criticizing a policy or a politician and demonizing the government that guarantees our freedoms and the public servants who enforce our laws.</p

“I don't care how precise your bombs and your weapons are, when you set them off, innocent people will die.”

At a Labour Party conference in the UK, quoted in The Independent. "Clinton urges caution over Iraq as Bush is granted war powers" (3 October 2002) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/clinton-urges-caution-over-iraq-as-bush-is-granted-war-powers-607775.html
2000s
Kontext: A preemptive action today, however well-justified, may come back with unwelcome consequences in the future. And because … I've done this. I've ordered these kinds of actions — I don't care how precise your bombs and your weapons are, when you set them off, innocent people will die.

“It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is.”

Grand jury testimony (August 17, 1998), answering questions about his attorney's description of an affidavit by Monica Lewinsky
1990s
Kontext: It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the—if he—if 'is' means is and never has been, that is not—that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement. … Now, if someone had asked me on that day, are you having any kind of sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky, that is, asked me a question in the present tense, I would have said no. And it would have been completely true.

“A preemptive action today, however well-justified, may come back with unwelcome consequences in the future.”

At a Labour Party conference in the UK, quoted in The Independent. "Clinton urges caution over Iraq as Bush is granted war powers" (3 October 2002) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/clinton-urges-caution-over-iraq-as-bush-is-granted-war-powers-607775.html
2000s
Kontext: A preemptive action today, however well-justified, may come back with unwelcome consequences in the future. And because … I've done this. I've ordered these kinds of actions — I don't care how precise your bombs and your weapons are, when you set them off, innocent people will die.

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People are more impressed by the power of our example rather than the example of our power…”

2000s
Varianta: The world has always been more impressed by the power of our [America's] example than by the example of our power.
Kontext: Former U. S. president Bill Clinton has urged newspaper editors to focus more attention on the depletion of the world's oil reserves. In a June 17 speech to the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies convention in Little Rock, Arkansas, Clinton said a "significant number of petroleum geologists" have warned that the world could be nearing the peak in oil production. Clinton suggested that at current consumption rates (now more than 30 billion barrels per year, according to the International Energy Agency), the world could be out of "recoverable oil" in 35 to 50 years, elevating the risk of "And then finally, and I think most important of all, more important than the deficit, more important then healthcare, more important than anything, is we have got to do something about our energy strategy because if we permit the climate to continue to warm at an unsustainable rate, and if we keep on doing what we're doing 'til we're out of oil and we haven't made the transition, then it's inconceivable to me that our children and grandchildren will be able to maintain the American way of life and that the world won't be much fuller of resource-based wars of all kinds.”

“It’s a great thing about not being office—you can just say whatever you want.”

Bill Clinton on Libya, Peter King, and more http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/03/11/bill-clinton-on-libya-peter-king-and-more.html, March 2011.
2010s

“I have met all the most gifted people in our generation and you're the best.”

To Hillary Rodham Clinton when they both attended Yale University, repeated in a 2007 campaign speech. http://economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9904609
2000s

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