Bill Clinton: “I've always believed it was better to light a candle than curse the…”

On the recordJuly 1, 1994

I've always believed it was better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Teleconference on the Rededication of the Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse at Hannibal, Missouri

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