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Bill Clinton: We owe a great debt of gratitude to our founders, to the generation of people after the Second World War who constructed…

On the recordApril 22, 1999
We owe a great debt of gratitude to our founders, to the generation of people after the Second World War who constructed a world of freedom that stood against tyranny.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 50th Anniversary Summit Dinner

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