Bill Clinton actually said...

I think that if we make our minds up, we can get this country out of debt for the first time since 1835 and guarantee a generation of new investment at lower interest rates.

Context

Remarks at a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Dinner

04/12/2000

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