At an event sponsored by the Center for American Progress, October 18, 2006
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The problem with ideology is, if you've got an ideology, you've already got your mind made up. You know all the answers and that makes evidence irrelevant and arguments a waste of time. You tend to govern by assertion and attacks.

— Bill Clinton

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The problem with ideology is, if you've got an ideology, you've already got your mind made up. You know all the answers and that makes evidence irrelevant and arguments a waste of time. You tend to govern by assertion and attacks." in the context of "At an event sponsored by the Center for American Progress, October 18, 2006" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Bill Clinton

About Bill Clinton

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.