William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III ; 19 August 1946) is an American politician and the 42nd president of the United States of America, and the husband of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Also Known As
Birth Name:
William Jefferson Blythe III
Also Known As:Slick Willie•The Comeback Kid
Alternative Names:
William Jefferson Clinton
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William Jefferson Blythe
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William J. Clinton
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William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton
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William Clinton
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WJC
At the end of the Constitutional Convention, a citizen asked Benjamin Franklin what kind of government our founders had given us. He replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.” That’s a job no president can do alone. It’s up to all of us to keep it. And to make the most of it.
I had to teach myself, long ago, that I couldn’t follow my baby girl around and make sure the world was kind to her.
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In the corner of the room, the triumvirate of my top aides sits in observation: the chief of staff, Carolyn Brock; Danny Akers, my oldest friend and White House counsel; and Jenny Brickman, my deputy chief of staff and senior political adviser. All of them stoic, stone-faced, worried. Not one of them wanted me to do this. It was their unanimous conclusion that I was making the biggest mistake of my presidency.
