Bill Clinton: “A government that is leaner, not meaner; a government that expands…”

On the recordJuly 15, 1992

A government that is leaner, not meaner; a government that expands opportunity, not bureaucracy.

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Address Accepting the Presidential Nomination at the Democratic National Convention in New York

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