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Bill Clinton: I thank you, Lawton, for teaching us that public service is not a position, it's a mission; that our job is not to…

On the recordJanuary 27, 1999
I thank you, Lawton, for teaching us that public service is not a position, it's a mission; that our job is not to posture, but to produce.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Memorial Service for Lawton Chiles

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