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Bill Clinton: “The fundamental problem you have anywhere is when people think their lives or the lives of their children don't matter…”

On the recordDecember 11, 2014
The fundamental problem you have anywhere is when people think their lives or the lives of their children don't matter, that they're somehow disposable like a paper napkin after lunch or restroom or something. It just doesn't matter. And we have to -- if we want our freedom to be indeed as well as word in America, we have to make people feel that everybody matters again.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Former President Clinton discusses the importance of recognizing the value of every individual's life in the context of ongoing demonstrations.

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