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On the recordJuly 30, 1995
I want to help people on welfare, but I also want to reward people who, on their own, are off of welfare, on modest incomes.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the National Governors' Association in Burlington, Vermont

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