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Jeff Sessions: “The freedom to succeed is also the freedom to fail, and people who wish to become rich 1 day aren't always to be…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2010
The freedom to succeed is also the freedom to fail, and people who wish to become rich 1 day aren't always to be provided assistance when they have not been successful.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions emphasizes the importance of allowing failure in a dynamic economy.

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