Bill Clinton: “Nobody wanted charity, nobody wanted a handout. What they wanted was a…”

On the recordJuly 7, 1999

Nobody wanted charity, nobody wanted a handout. What they wanted was a hand up.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the National Academy Foundation Conference in Anaheim, California

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