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Bill Clinton: “We know that the Government cannot raise or love a child, but that is not what we're supposed to do.”

On the recordJanuary 6, 1998
We know that the Government cannot raise or love a child, but that is not what we're supposed to do.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks Announcing Proposed Legislation on Child Care

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