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Bill Clinton: “Well, they have a right to believe whatever they want. They have a right to say whatever they want. They have a right to…”

On the recordApril 23, 1995
Well, they have a right to believe whatever they want. They have a right to say whatever they want. They have a right to keep and bear arms. They have a right to put on uniforms and go out on the weekends. They do not have the right to kill innocent Americans. They do not have the right to violate the law. And they do not have the right to take the position that if somebody comes to arrest them for violating the law, they're perfectly justified in killing them. They are wrong in that. This is a freedom-loving democracy because the rule of law has reigned for over 200 years now, not because vigilantes took the law into their own hands. And they're just not right about that. Response to Terrorism Mr. Kroft. Mr. President, you have some personal history yourself-- --
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Bill Clinton
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