“Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great‚ some achieve greatness‚ and others have greatness thrust upon them.” As playwright and poet William Shakespeare states‚ greatness is something that comes naturally to some‚ while others must put much effort in to achieve it‚ and others are forced into it. When examining the United States presidency‚ much effort must be put into identifying if a president was great and how the president rates compared to previous presidents. For example‚ political
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run. Some believe that one can tell how the candidate will perform in office based upon the way they campaign. For example‚ Dan Quayle said "If he [Bill Clinton] governs as well as he campaigned‚ the country will be all right" responding to Clinton’s successful 1992 Presidential campaign against George Bush (Dickerson). Sixteen years later‚ Clinton would find himself fundamentally saying the same thing in support of Barak Obama when Obama’s “lack of executive experience” was questioned (Dickerson)
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for outward or for personal fulfillment. That people can attain new ideas through learning a new language for making money‚ and there is no limit to improving own skills in every area. According to Richard Riley‚ U.S. Secretary of Education under Bill Clinton‚ “We have strong evidence today that studying a foreign language has a ripple effect‚ helping to improve student performance in understanding international circumstances and making a strong resolution among other countries. Second‚ learning
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August 1963‚ on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. It has gone down in history as one of the greatest demonstrations for freedom‚ against the merciless environment that black people of America were put in. The second speech is Bill Clinton‚ "This has hurt to many innocent people". This speech was heard by over two thirds of America and many others over the world on the 17th of August 1998. The‚ then U.S.A President was speaking about his ’un-appropriate’ relationship with Monica
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potential drug user will specifically consider these words before deciding whether or not to get high. However‚ this slogan‚ and the man that stands behind it‚ represent a sorely needed‚ value-oriented stance on the issue that has been lacking in the Clinton administration. The president’s cavalier attitude has been responsible for a dramatic increase in drug abuse among teenagers. While Clinton’s baby boomer generation
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enforcement. In 1995‚ President Bill Clinton issued a presidential decision directive‚ ordering agencies of the executive branch of government to prioritize resources devoted to combating the threat of global crime‚ improve internal coordination‚ collaborate with other governments to develop a global response‚ and aggressively and creatively use all legal means available to combat
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1990’s with the passage by then President Bill Clinton of the High Performance Computing Act. What this act did was to provide funding for a high speed fiber optic network which would go on to become the internet that we use today. This enabled home computers to become more useful which in turn caused the number of personal computers in the U.S to skyrocket to over ten million in a five year period. (Rapaport‚ 2009) In all this a new department in the Clinton Administration was formed‚ The National
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Address. Retrieved July 28‚ 2009 From http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/inaugural-address/ Strategic Leader Development Inventory. (1993). Alexandria‚ VA: The Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Wikipedia. (2009). Bill Clinton [Bill Clinton]. Cited from wikipedia.org course Web site.
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Eric Holder: Research Paper In the field of criminal justice‚ there have been many contributions from leaders throughout the peak of history. Various forms of influential people have graced America in determination of creating a fairer nation. All through his career Eric H. Holder Jr. has worked‚ and still is working‚ diligently to improve the criminal justice system‚ especially the equality of African- Americans. Born on January 21‚ 1951‚ in The Bronx Borough of New York City‚ Holder
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Some days back‚ the House passed a bill that stated that the United States would no longer permit the import of goods from factories where forced or indentured child labor was used. My liberal friends applauded the bill. It was a triumphant advance in the field of human rights. Now children in Third World countries wouldn’t have to spend their days chained to their posts in factories manufacturing goods for other people to enjoy while their childhoods slipped by them. They could be free and happy
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