Political Quotes

On the recordMay 21, 1996
You will succeed if you remember always to measure your success by one simple standard: Have you made the lives of the American people safer?
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at the United States Coast Guard Academy Commencement in New London, Connecticut

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