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Bill Clinton: “The things I taught him were superficial things; the things that he taught us were deep and enduring things.”

On the recordNovember 11, 1997
The things I taught him were superficial things; the things that he taught us were deep and enduring things.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Memorial Service for Representative Walter H. Capps

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