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Bill Clinton: Let us never develop a sense of futility, for the people we honor tonight have proved the wisdom of Martin Luther King's…

On the recordSeptember 18, 2000
Let us never develop a sense of futility, for the people we honor tonight have proved the wisdom of Martin Luther King's timeless adage, that the arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at the Debut of 'Speak Truth to Power: Voices From Beyond the Darkness'

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