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Bill Clinton: National power may spring from economic and military might, but the greatness of a nation emanates from the life of the…

On the recordDecember 30, 1999
National power may spring from economic and military might, but the greatness of a nation emanates from the life of the mind and the stirrings of the soul.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Dinner for the Millennium Celebration Creators

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