Bill Clinton: “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but…”

On the recordAugust 8, 1995

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the Progressive National Baptist Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina

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