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Bill Clinton: “The future is not an inheritance, it is an opportunity and an obligation.”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2000
The future is not an inheritance, it is an opportunity and an obligation.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the role of the future as an opportunity.

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