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Bill Clinton: “We will never be the country we ought to be until every person, including the people and places that have been left…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 2000
We will never be the country we ought to be until every person, including the people and places that have been left behind in this remarkable recovery, has a chance to live the American dream.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Wall Street Project Conference Reception in New York City

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