Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 28, 1996
I was thinking tonight that Thomas Jefferson, whose statue looks directly into the second floor Oval Room, right above us here, would be smiling.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on Receiving a Henry Ossawa Tanner Painting for the White House Collection

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