“But I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again: I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie. Not a single time. Never. These allegations are false. And I need to go back to work for the American people.” This is one of the most famous lines from our 42nd President William Jefferson Clinton. During his presidency America was a mixed bag, there was a lot of positive and negative. There were many successes and faults politically, economically, and socially. Overall Bill Clinton had a major impact on American society. Although Bill Clinton’s presidency was tarnished by his relationship with Monica Lewinsky causing national concern, he still had major …show more content…
William Jefferson Blyth was born on August 19, 1946, in Hope Arkansas. Life was not easy for President Clinton from the start. Months before his birth, his biological father had died in a car accident. When he was four he had to live with his grandparent due to his mother wanting to become a nurse. At the age of eight Bill’s mother finally married to Roger Clinton, this is where Bill inherited the last name, Clinton. Unfortunately, Roger Clinton was an alcoholic and abused Bill, his mother, and his half-brother. When deciding on what he wanted to do in life Mr. Clinton had various ideas, but when meeting with President John F. Kennedy in 1963 he decided he wanted to go into politics. In 1964 he went to Georgetown University where here graduated 4 years later. After that, he went to Yale University where he met his future
Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president, born on October 27, 1853 into a wealthy family, sickly as a child, and a very nature-loving person. That is just the beginning of this amazing person. Theodore Roosevelt as a child was homeschooled by tutors, private teachers, and was interested in zoology and biology. His family had been in America since the 1600’s, and he was the seventh generation of his family in America. Their last name was originally Rosenvelt after the town in the Netherlands where their family came from. In Dutch, the name Rosenvelt means field of roses.
On January 20th, 1993 Bill Clinton is sworn in as the 42nd President of the United States and to many in the future this would be one of the best occasions in U.S. history, for the reason that Bill Clinton drastically improved the American economy since he assumed office. Under Clinton’s presidential administration, the United States enjoyed the lowest unemployment and inflation rates in recent history as well as soaring high home ownership and very low crime rates (Clinton Presidency). Clinton, a very wealthy man, from a very wealthy family is the definition of someone courageous that stood up for his beliefs and in addition, was also a patriot who decided to help the American people improve their economic situation and eventually “Climb up the economic ladder”, to then
John Calvin Coolidge, soon to be the 30th president of the United States, was born on Independence Day, 1872 in Plymouth Notch, Vermont. His father, who was also named John Calvin Coolidge Sr. was a hard working farmer, storekeeper, and businessman. Coolidge Sr. cared for his son after his wife died of tuberculosis when Calvin was just twelve. Abigail Grace Coolidge, Calvin's younger sister died when she was just fifteen, a few years after their mother had died. After Coolidge graduated Black River Academy, he went on to study law at Amherst College, Massachusetts, then passing his bar exam in 1897, which is an exam students must take before they can become attorneys. A year later after his bar exam, he opened his own law office in Northampton where he handled real estate deals (land and buildings) and bankruptcies. He gained reputation for being a hard working man and solving problems his own way --by staying out of court. Shortly after, he married Grace Anna Goodhue, a teacher at Clarke School for the Deaf. They had two sons, one of which was Calvin Jr., who passed on from an unt...
After claiming that he never asked anyone “to lie, to hide or destroy evidence or take any other unlawful action”, his tone shifts back from defensive to guilty and shameful. Clinton relies, in the second half of his speech, on the repetition of the word ‘private’, to redirect the guilt from himself to the nosey American people. He uses this as a shame tactic, in attempt to reinforce that he is not solely to blame for his actions. He uses alliteration in saying that “it is time to stop the pursuit of personal destruction and the prying into personal lives”, which illustrates his irritability with having his personal life in the spotlight. He later goes on to say that, “I intend to reclaim my family life for my family. It’s nobody’s business but ours”, which suggests, by his use of the word “my”, that President Clinton doesn’t believe that he is solely to blame for what occurred. He later goes on to say that, “I take my responsibility for my part in all of this”, which suggests, by his use of the word “my”, that President Clinton doesn’t believe that he is solely to blame for his actions, both in his private relationship with Ms. Lewinsky and for lying under
The Enlightenment had the most far-reaching impact on American culture. The Enlightenment stemmed from the Scientific Revolution. The Scientific Revolution caused people to start thinking on their own and stop believing in, or at least question, the Bible. Although the Enlightenment started in England, it quickly spread through the colonies. The Enlightenment was key in helping set in motion the thought process that would eventually lead to the colonists to revolt against British rule. Enlightenment is the backbone of today’s democratic government. The Great Awakening had a bearing in that it gave people humanitarian beliefs to build on, but in the war for freedom that ensued, it was Enlightenment that fueled their fire.
Before stepping into the critical analysis of the speech, it is important to understand the historical setting from which the speech arose. The context can be briefly summarized as the following. In 1995 Clinton had a sexual relationship with one of his White House interns by the name of Monica Lewinsky. On January 17, 1998, a sexual misconduct lawsuit against him was filed. Clinton then quickly delivered a forceful public statement that he did not have a sexual relationship with the woman. However, unknown to President Clinton, Linda Tripp, one of Lewinsky’s associates, had recorded several conversations of Lewinsky describing her affair with the President. In the seven months afterwards, Kenneth W. Starr, the StarWhitewater independent counsel, had began collecting evidence of the affair and carrying out investigation about Clinton’s obstruction of justice. Evidence of Clinton lying under oath would be grounds for impeachment. On August 17, 1998, Clinton decided to a...
Some people believe her values are “a result of having lived through the depression” (Harris 673). She has seen the worst and hopes to make things better for her people. As a child, Clinton was “earning merit badges in girl scouts and starring in the girls softball league” (Harris 674). She has always believed women were smart and strong. Earning badges and playing sports might not seem like much, but it taught a young Clinton that women can do anything they set their mind to. Clinton went off to college and met her husband Bill Clinton there. As the couple got older, Bill decided he wanted to run for president. Hillary “went to Indiana to coordinate the campaign” (Harris 678) for Bill. From the start to the end of Bill’s presidency, Hillary was “extremely active in government affairs” (Hurley 204). She “[emphasized] the need for a global feminist agenda” (Hurley 204-205). Even though Bill was the president, Hillary applied herself as if she were the president. She encouraged equality for genders. Her speech “Women’s Rights Are Human Rights” was given right in the middle of Bill’s presidency. She used her economic power to create awareness of the gender inequality in the
President Bill Clinton is very questionable. When people think of him that automatically think about his scandal with Monica Lewinsky. But his presidency was not only revolved around his scandal, he made very drastic decisions when it came to foreign policy. When he first came into office, he had little experience with foreign policy. Also he had little interest but due certain circumstances he had to get involved the foreign problems. He was involved in the Balkan Crisis and other foreign countries.
The renewal of America starts with William Clinton stating his objectives on how America together will comeback from the Cold War and boost their economy to once what it was before. He states how January 20th, 1993 is such an important day in the history of the United States because it will go into the books as known as the Renewal of America. William says that, "To renew America we must be bold. We must do what no generation has had to do before. We must invest in our own people, in their jobs, and in their future, and at the same time cut our massive debt... and we must do so in a world in which we must compete for every opportunity. It will not be easy. It will require sacrifice, but it can be done, and done fairly." This part of his speech to me is the vocal point in his speech. He describes how America must come together and as a whole build something that can be looked at in the future as something that had a significant role in
Said but not meant, because in fact the Clinton Dynasty is riddled with disgusting offenses legal or moral. They are liars, criminals, and blatantly unpatriotic.
Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have many similarities. Both of their first terms as President were shockingly alike such as, job approval rating difference being only point five percent and the interest in reforming available healthcare to people of lower class. Both President Clinton and President Obama were referred to as black presidents, only because they didn’t uphold the same backgrounds as did the former presidents. Neither Obama nor Clinton had a personal relationship with his father, which meant both grew up in a single parent working household – a reality rare in the time period. Both young Obama and young Clinton grew up aspiring to be great lawyers; they married lawyers Michelle and Hillary, respectively. Clinton, as well as Obama, belong to the Democratic Party. However, despite the many similarities between the two, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama could not be any more different. Former President Bill Clinton proves superior to the current President Barack Obama because of the beneficial strategies he used to improve the United States of America.
Lately, the top story in the news day after day, months after months have been about William Jefferson Clinton, also known as Bill. Who could blame them, there is nothing better than a story out of the ordinary, especially one with presidential status. For the past months he has been the most talked about figure, being the essential topic for news, talk shows, late night comedy and even going as far as the big screen. Talk about 'Primary Colors' and 'Wag the Dog.' What has gotten to me the most however, were the constant flow of Republicans, along with a few Democrats, who just want to say how shocked and embarrassed they are along with the people of the United States.The president had not just become the most talked about figure, but also one history had ever seen, so far that is, breaking the record and becoming a topic of conversation and debate 'twenty-four seven.' The people, who I think were most affected by this crisis and feel very sad for, are the Republicans, since they had lost severe amount of sleep over the president's bedroom crisis. They had to perform their republican duties by shocking our brains with the president's affair with Monica Lewinsky. We had to ignore the rest of the world news and its issues while they plough through the valley of lies, abuse of power and something they called high crimes and misdemeanors.
President Clinton did have many great accomplishments during his first term but also did have some failures. Many political and personal scandals arose during his first term as the President. One instance involved the Whitewater River Project in Arkansas where it was said that the Clinton’s had illegal relations with a failed savings and loan in which they had profited off of. The other included a civil suit that involved Clinton sexually harassing a state employee Paula Corbin Jones while he was the Governor of Arkansas. Investigations of the above allegations lead to the knowledge of the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Clinton was said to have had sexually relations with Lewinsky. Clinton denied these allegations and even appeared in front of the
Starting off her political career at Yale University Clinton was able to study in the field of Law, there at Yale she met her now husband Bill Clinton and changed her political stance of a Republican to a Democrat. Changing her political stance she was turned to becoming an activist for many organizations, such as, women’s rights, health care and even children’s rights, her confidence in herself showed through her activism in the community traveling to many places to advocate better peace in the world. Hillary moved to Arkansas in the late 70’s with her husband Bill who she married in 1975, her role in Arkansas ranges from being a an Advocate for Children and Families to a Legal Services firm. As Bill became president scandals of
On November 1995, Bill Clinton made a huge mistake that would cost him his position as the president of the United States. Having sexual relations with then intern, Monica Lewinsky has affected many people all over the world in different ways. Since 2005,Clinton has been rated as one of the top presidents according to an ABC News poll. Although he is considered a prime president since scandal has affected his family, supporters, the national government and relations with other countries. I believe the speech; “I Have Sinned” was intended mainly for the U.S citizens, his family and friends, the national government, allied countries, his religion and anyone else affected by this scandal.