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Bill Clinton: I think an infinite capacity for renewal, for change, anchored in a magnificent set of common values in our…

On the recordMarch 15, 1999
I think an infinite capacity for renewal, for change, anchored in a magnificent set of common values in our Constitution. Every year, in one way or the other, we see the wisdom of our framers ratified. We've got a Government that's a democracy but also has protections against abuse of power. We've got a Government that has some absolutely unbending rights for its citizens but is infinitely flexible. And I think that--what I hoped to do when I came to the Presidency, over 6 years ago, was to give people a sense of possibility again and to give our country a sense of community again. You know, I was deeply moved by all the troubles in Los Angeles in the early nineties, and it became almost a metaphor for what was going on through the country. We had more and more diversity, more and more people whose family's first language was not English. I saw that as an enormous opportunity in the global society of our children's future. But I knew we had to find a way to come together as well as to move forward. I think we're doing that now, and I feel very good about it. Central America Mr. Jackson. How was the trip to Central America?
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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