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Bill Clinton: Are we going to empower people and challenge them to assume responsibility, or are we going to make them a bunch of…

On the recordOctober 20, 1994
Are we going to empower people and challenge them to assume responsibility, or are we going to make them a bunch of cheap promises in a power grab?
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at the Kennedy-King Dinner in Alexandria, Virginia

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