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Bill Clinton: “Given the choice between productive or unproductive, most people would choose to be productive.”

On the recordJune 8, 1995
Given the choice between productive or unproductive, most people would choose to be productive.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on the National Performance Review

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