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On the recordNovember 30, 1995
I would like everyone in the world to pay tribute to Ireland for coming out of the famine with perhaps a greater sense of compassion for the fate of people the world over than any other nation.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Dinner Hosted by Prime Minister John Bruton of Ireland in Dublin

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