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On the recordAugust 10, 1999
Our Nation's Founders believed, as do we, that freedom is a gift of God, not only to be defended but to be used to improve the human condition.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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