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Bill Clinton: I think it may. And certainly, things like it will. I think new organizations will spring up from the grassroots. Just…

On the recordApril 30, 1993
I think it may. And certainly, things like it will. I think new organizations will spring up from the grassroots. Just to go back to the point you made about that, what's the most likely thing that will happen is that there will be communities where there are people like you, but there's no organization. And when this thing comes out and young people start talking about it and thinking about it, it'll probably be much more likely that in every community in America there will be groups like this. You know, when I hear all of you talk, one of the things that, as you know, I worry about most of the time is how to find enough jobs for the American people in a world in which we've had a difficult time in our country creating jobs, and other wealthy countries are having trouble creating jobs. And a lot of the good things that happen in the economy now--a lot of you can do this; most of you probably are proficient with computers and things like that--a lot of the things that happen in the economy now mean that people can do more with fewer workers, because they have all this technology. But one of the things that you cannot substitute people for are the kind of human contacts that you all are engaged in. I mean, a lot of the people problems of America can only be solved by people in very small groups or one on one. So I think there will be a huge increase in the demand for folks like you to do what you're doing in the years ahead. [A student stated that the national service program will probably encourage more students to become involved in community service.]
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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