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Bill Clinton: I want you to do is just take a minute tonight to look behind that, to understand what I believe 20, 30 years from now…

On the recordJanuary 27, 1997
I want you to do is just take a minute tonight to look behind that, to understand what I believe 20, 30 years from now when people look back on this time, what they will say about it.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Democratic Business Council Dinner

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