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Bill Clinton: We will never be the country we ought to be in the 21st century until every child gets a world-class education.

On the recordFebruary 24, 1999
We will never be the country we ought to be in the 21st century until every child gets a world-class education.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Democratic Senatorial and Congressional Campaign Committees Dinner in San Francisco

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