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Bill Clinton: If we can make that so, I would be very proud, because he was right about that. You know, it's funny how much time we…

On the recordJuly 9, 1999
If we can make that so, I would be very proud, because he was right about that. You know, it's funny how much time we lost as a country after he and Senator Kennedy were killed, because both of them were trying to--I remember when Bobby Kennedy went to Appalachia, went to the Indian reservation in Pine Ridge in '68. They understood that the last shreds of our racial problems would be mired forever in our economic insecurities until everybody has a chance to make it. And now, our country has this phenomenal prosperity for which we are very grateful, but interestingly enough, it is becoming the enlightened self-interest of the investor community to keep this thing going, to finally---- Mr. Jackson. Sow profits, not fear.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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