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Bill Clinton: No. I mean, personally, what I thought there--that this was--the three biggest crowds I believe I've had since I've been…

On the recordJuly 11, 1997
No. I mean, personally, what I thought there--that this was--the three biggest crowds I believe I've had since I've been President, I believe--we were just talking about it--were this one, Dublin, and Berlin. There were probably 100,000 people when I was the first President to speak on the east side of the Brandenburg Gate. Of course, in Dublin and here, I'm much more involved in the events. There, I was going to ratify what others had done, in effect, what the Germans and others had done. But in each case, to me--on a personal basis, I thought, this is not me, this is the United States. This is what people think of America, and this is a tribute to what we have stood for, what we have worked for. And the other thing I thought was, this is an enormous responsibility. No other country could draw this sort of response at this moment in time. [At this point, a portion of the exchange was omitted from the transcript.] ``Mars Pathfinder'' Spacecraft
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