Bill Clinton: “You will succeed if you remember always to measure your success by one…”

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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Democratic · Arkansas

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

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