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Bill Clinton: If after 30 years of the Troubles, and roughly 800 as nearly as I can figure going back and forth and fighting, the…

On the recordSeptember 10, 1998
If after 30 years of the Troubles, and roughly 800 as nearly as I can figure going back and forth and fighting, the Irish can be reconciled to themselves, and Ireland can come home to itself, then the United States can look every other warring faction in the world dead in the eye and say, don't tell me this can't be done.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on Receiving the Paul O'Dwyer Peace and Justice Award

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