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On the recordOctober 23, 1996
I promised myself that if I got elected President, I was going to take the politics out of crime and try to put the police and the people back into the business of lowering the crime rate and bringing safety back to America and restoring fundamental freedom.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks in Marrero, Louisiana

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