Bill Clinton: “Our job in the end is not to tear anybody down and not to use this…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 1995

Our job in the end is not to tear anybody down and not to use this issue to divide America, but to build people up.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on Welfare Reform

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Bill Clinton: “Our job in the end is not to tear anybody down and not to use this issue to divide America, but to build people up.”