The President stands firmly on both sides of any issue.

"I told you when I announced for Governor... I'm gonna serve four years. I made that decision when I decided to run... I'm being considered a candidate for Governor. That's the job I want-- that's the job I'll do for the next four years."

*RUNS FOR PRESIDENT

"Today I proudly announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America."

"I would present a five-year plan to balance the budget."

*ABANDONS BALANCED BUDGET

"My plan will cut the deficit in half within four years."

"I want to make it very clear that this middle-class tax cut, in my view, is central to any attempt we're going to make to have a short-term economic strategy and a long-term fairness strategy, which is part of getting this country going again."

"Ronald Reagan and George Bush pushed through programs that raised taxes on the middle class. I think it's time to cut them. And in my administration I'll offer a middle-income tax cut that will cut rates on the middle class."

"We have to ask the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share again. Their incomes went up in the 1980s and their taxes went down. We can't ask the middle class to pay more; their incomes went down and their taxes went up."

"[George Bush] has raised taxes on the people driving pickup trucks and lowered taxes on the people riding in limousines. We can do better."

"We will lower the tax burden on middle-class Americans by asking the very wealthy to pay their fair share. Middle-class taxpayers will have a choice between a children's tax credit or a significant reduction in the income tax rate."

*MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUT NOT "CENTRAL"

"But to say that this middle class tax cut, ... is the center of anybody's econom[ic] package, is wrong."

"I would emphasize to you that the press and my opponents always made more of the middle-class tax cut than I did."

"I am fascinated by that proposal [allowing parents to choose a private school and receive financial assistance via tax credits or vouchers]... I'm concerned Democratic Party establishment has not given you more encouragement. The visionary is rarely embraced by the status quo."

*OPPOSES PRIVATE SCHOOL CHOICE

"We shouldn't give our money away to private schools in a system that will undermine the integrity of the public school system."

"I'm not for gun control."

*FAVORS GUN CONTROL

"I was an early and strong supporter of the Brady Bill."

"We don't need to lead with a tax increase that asks hard working people who already pay too much for health care to pay even more..."

*PROPOSES PAYROLL TAX FOR HEALTH CARE

"There will be -- there will be a buy in tax, which they can call a payroll tax."

"...I think it is imperative that we make alliances with Mexico."

*FLIRTS WITH PROTECTIONISTS

"I am reviewing it carefully and when I have a definite opinion I will say so."

"I agree with the arguments of the people in the minority on the resolution--that we should give sanctions more time and maybe even explore a full-scale embargo...before we go to war."

*SUPPORTS GULF WAR

"I supported the Persian Gulf War because I thought it was right and in our national interest..."

"I am opposed to abortion and to government funding of abortions. We should not spend state funds on abortion because so many people believe abortion is wrong."

"There's a big difference between being pro-choice and being for spending tax dollars for any kind of abortion. I don't think that's appropriate."

*SUPPORTS TAXPAYER FUNDED ABORTIONS

"Clinton's innovation and comprehensive health care plan would cover pregnancy-related medical procedures, inclduing abortions."

"It is [a litmus test], and it makes me uncomfortable, [but] I would want the first judge I appointed to believe in the right to privacy and the right to choose."

*OPPOSES LITMUS TEST FOR JUDGES

"I have said that I would do my best, in the next appointment of the Supreme Court, to appoint someone who believes in the general rule of Roe vs. Wade. That does not mean - I have no intention of giving somebody a test..."

"I think it's a decision that people ought to make...I wouldn't rule out term limits."

*CLOSED TO TERM LIMITS

"I'm against term limits because I think that it takes choices away from voters."

"We need to give the people a sense that there's some discipline and some restraint in spending."

*SPEND

Proposes $219.52 billion in new spending.

"'I would not sign that bill,' Clinton said referring to a New Jersey bill that prevents women from collecting extra benefits if they have additional children."

*WOULD SIGN WELFARE WAIVER

"Clinton said that, as president, he would sign a federal waiver allowing the state to impose the law...'My position is that no one knows whether it will work for sure...I would not deprive them of the right to try this...'"

"We'll accelerate our progress toward fuel-efficient cars and seek to raise The average goal for automakers to 40 miles per gallon by the year 2000, 45 miles per gallon by 2020."

*CAFE UNFAIR

"...I think we should be very flexible about imposing standards on the overall fleet as opposed to different sized vehicles,...I don't think it's fair to impose a burden on an American fleet that has bigger cars in it that foreign competitors do...."

"Clinton said that he never was opposed to the draft."

*OPPOSED THE DRAFT

Clinton: "From my work [at Georgetown] I came to believe that the draft system itself is illegitimate...."

"Clinton said the agreement [with the ROTC] was never sent to Washington and he was not deferred."

*DEFERRED

Clinton: "I gave up the deferment."

Clinton: "As it happened, I told the [draft board] I expected to be called while was over there [in England] the first year, but they never did."

*DRAFTED

Clinton: "In 1969 while studying at Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, I received a draft notice which arrived late."

Clinton : "I have found some things that I want to share with you... But I have asked for some more records because I don't want to get in a position of where somebody, says, 'you didn't give us everything you had."

*WILL NOT RELEASE PERSONAL FILES

"On Saturday, [Betsey Wright] of Clinton-Gore released correspondence between the campaign and public agencies in an attempt to show Clinton came up empty-handed in his effort to confirm his account of the events in 1969. She did not release any documents found in his search of personal records, and refused Tuesday to comment about what Clinton had found, if anything."

Clinton: "I gave back an ROTC student deferment and placed myself in the draft."

Clinton: "I gave up a deferment and put myself back in the draft."

Clinton: "I asked to be put back into the draft because I did not think I should have a four-year deferment."

Clinton: "I decided I should put myself back in the draft."

*DEFERMENT WITHDRAWN

Clinton: "I had lost my draft deferment several weeks before [December 3, 1969]."

Clinton: "[M]y deferment was withdrawn in October; I was put back in the draft pool."

"No more division by race, no more division by income, no more class warfare."

*ENGAGES IN CLASS WARFARE

"In making the rich pay their fair share. Bill Clinton-he'll put people first."

"Opportunity for all means making taxes fair. I'm not out to soak the rich. But I do believe the rich should pay their fair share. For twelve years, the Republicans have raised taxes on the middle class. It's time to give the middle class tax relief."

"Every one of us would agree that America's productivity has been going downhill for well over a decade..."

*ARGUES PRODUCTIVITY INCREASING

"If you look at our trade deficit, its been coming down steadily because manufacturing productivity has increased."