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Bill Clinton: I hope future historians will look back and say this was a time when the high principles that led to the founding of the…

On the recordSeptember 21, 1997
I hope future historians will look back and say this was a time when the high principles that led to the founding of the United Nations at last were realized.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Luncheon Hosted by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in New York City

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