Biography:
- Full name: William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) known as Bill CLinton
- Two term U.S. President - January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001
- Former Governor of Arkansas
- Married to Hillary Clinton
- One child: Chelsea Clinton
- Clinton was born and raised in Arkansas and is an alumnus of Georgetown University.
- Clinton was elected president in 1992, defeating incumbent Republican opponent George H. W. Bush. At age 46, he became the third-youngest president.
- In 1998, Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives for committing perjury while testifying before a grand jury and also for obstruction of justice during a lawsuit that was filed against him. Both issues were related to a scandal that involved White House (and later Department of Defense) employee Monica Lewinsky.
- Clinton was acquitted by the U.S. Senate in 1999 and completed his term in office.
- Clinton left office with the highest end-of-office approval rating of any U.S. president since World War II.
- Since leaving office, he created the William J. Clinton Foundation to address international causes, such as the prevention of AIDS and global warming.
- His autobiography is called My Life
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I did not have sexual relations with that woman.
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.
When I was in England I experimented with marijuana a time or two — and didn’t like it — and didn’t inhale and never tried inhaling again.
I still believe in a place called Hope.
I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale.
When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the World Wide Web…. Now even my cat has its own page.
Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.
Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.
Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it’s the time when they most need to think.
You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.
I did not run for this job just to warm the seat. I desperately want to make a difference.
As powerful as our memories are, our dreams must be even stronger. For when our memories outweigh our dreams, we become old.
Being president is like running a cemetery: you’ve got a lot of people under you and nobody’s listening.
If you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you’ll be a better person. It’s how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.
We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more.
The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.
Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.
If you want to have a good life you have to have some constructive outlet for your feelings.
Nothing big ever came from being small.
A man is more than the sum of all the things he can do.
People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.