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On the recordJuly 1, 1996
I felt very strongly that unless we had a common shared national commitment to keeping the American dream alive for everybody, we would just keep on drifting.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Reception for Representative Dick Durbin in Chicago

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