Bill Clinton: “Government is the instrument by which we give each other the tools to…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 1997

Government is the instrument by which we give each other the tools to make the most of our own lives.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to a Democratic National Committee Meeting

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