Bill Clinton: “No great goal is reached in a single step, but if you take steps…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2000

No great goal is reached in a single step, but if you take steps toward that goal, you make a lot of progress.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to a United States Conference of Mayors Breakfast Reception

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Bill Clinton: “No great goal is reached in a single step, but if you take steps toward that goal, you make a lot of progress.”