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Bill Clinton: Our national politics had gotten to the point where we were running it the way we wouldn't run our families.

On the recordOctober 24, 1996
Our national politics had gotten to the point where we were running it the way we wouldn't run our families.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Teleconference Remarks to Religious and Community Leaders in Atlanta

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