But by 2004, after two White House terms, Clinton had grown candid about his own non-service (as well as that of other prominent American politicians) In the Vietnam era, ... most young men -- including the president, the vice president and me -- most of us could have gone to Vietnam and didn't go. And John Kerry said, 'Send me.'
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I hope this trip has helped the American people to see Vietnam in a new way and has encouraged the people of Vietnam to see America in a new way so that we will have a partnership for the future.Bill Clinton
I want every American to know that, while you may disagree with this decision, I made it on the merits as I saw them, and I take full responsibility for it.
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There are large numbers of people who simply don't have the values and vision necessary to be part of an inter-dependent world. They think their differences -- whether religious, political, tribal or ethnic -- are more important than our common humanity. They believe the truth they have justifies their imposition of that truth on other people, even if it takes them to the death of innocents.
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They've got a right to try to override any veto that I make. That's the way the Constitution works.
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Today we can declare Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We, the American people, we are the solution.
Bill 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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