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Bill Clinton: Sometimes I still do. But my mother did a real good job, and she did the best she could. She worked real hard every day…

On the recordMay 9, 1994
Sometimes I still do. But my mother did a real good job, and she did the best she could. She worked real hard every day, and she was a real good mother. And I think I had a good childhood. And there are lots and lots of kids--a big percentage of our young people in America today spend at least some of their childhoods with only one of their parents. Now, and oftentimes that's too bad, but that's the way it is. And so what we have to do is be grateful for our parents that are sticking with us and helping us, and never use that as an excuse and just make the best we can of our lives, okay?
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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