On the recordMay 17, 1993
We're going to have to rebuild this country from the grass roots up, with people who want to work and are trying to work but who are going to get a hand up.
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presidency.ucsb.eduBill Clinton: “We're going to have to rebuild this country from the grass roots up, with people who want to work and are trying to work…”
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Remarks to the Community in South Central Los Angeles
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