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Bill Clinton: “We do think it takes a village to raise our children and build our future, and we're going to do it.”

On the recordOctober 27, 1996
We do think it takes a village to raise our children and build our future, and we're going to do it.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks in Chicago, Illinois

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