Bill Clinton: “The most precious asset any nation has is the people who live there.”

On the recordJuly 25, 1993

The most precious asset any nation has is the people who live there.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the Conference on the Future of the American Workplace in Chicago, Illinois

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