Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush: The Freedom to Lead

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🗓️ 15 August 2016

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In the midst of this political season… here’s a chance to hear two former U.S. Presidents hold forth on their lives in public service. Bill Clinton spoke to hundreds of graduate students from 50 nations at the 44th annual International Achievement Summit in Chicago. George H.W. Bush did the same, 9 years earlier at the Academy of Achievement's program in 1995 at Colonial Williamsburg. In this episode we present those inspiring and entertaining talks, unedited and unfettered. (c ) American Academy of Achievement 2016

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0:00.0	This is what it takes, a podcast about passion, vision, and perseverance from the Academy of
0:07.0	Achievement. I'm Alice Winkler. We're doing something kind of different for this episode. You won't hear the usual profile of one extraordinary person.
0:24.2	And here's why.
0:25.2	Well, first off, it's August, so why not?
0:28.6	But here's the far better reason.
0:30.8	We are, as I record these words, still fresh on the heels of the Republican and Democratic
0:37.6	National Conventions.
0:39.6	As we near the end of this political season, as contentious as any our country has ever experienced,
0:46.2	speeches are flying left and right, and in other unpredictable directions too.
0:53.6	Well, it seemed like a great time
0:55.7	to pull a couple of speeches by former presidents
0:59.8	out of the Academy of Achievement's Fault.
1:03.0	They're somewhat off-the-cuff talks that give you a more intimate look at the people who
1:07.8	have led this nation, talking about their service.
1:12.3	For today's episode, we picked one by Bill Clinton recorded in 2004 and one by George
1:18.8	Bush, that's George H.W. Bush, the 41st U.S. President, recorded in 1995.
1:27.0	But we can't get to all that without playing the what it takes signature opening,
1:32.0	especially not on the first anniversary of launching
1:36.5	this podcast.
1:37.5	Had a maid, this child is gifted, and I heard that enough that I started to believe it.
1:46.5	If you have the opportunity, not a perfect opportunity, and you don't take it, you may never have another
1:52.3	child. It all was so clear. It was just like... and you don't take it, you may never have another chance.
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