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Bill Clinton: We can never say we have dealt with the crime problem adequately until you can go home at night and turn on the evening…

On the recordJuly 3, 1996
We can never say we have dealt with the crime problem adequately until you can go home at night and turn on the evening news and be genuinely surprised instead of numbed if the lead story is a crime story.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at an Independence Day Celebration in Youngstown, Ohio

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