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Bill Clinton: If we, with the most prosperous economy in our lifetimes, cannot make a commitment to take every person along with us…

On the recordJuly 4, 1999
If we, with the most prosperous economy in our lifetimes, cannot make a commitment to take every person along with us into the 21st century, we will have failed to meet a moral obligation.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the Community in Hazard

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