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Bill Clinton: We cannot pretend... that we can ever achieve what we want to achieve unless we hold our children... to high standards…

On the recordJanuary 7, 1998
We cannot pretend... that we can ever achieve what we want to achieve unless we hold our children... to high standards of learning.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Luncheon in New York City

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