Bill Clinton: “People are never in hopeless circumstances unless they have no power…”

On the recordJune 24, 1997

People are never in hopeless circumstances unless they have no power to do anything about it.

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Excerpt of Remarks During the Family Re-Union VI Conference in Nashville, Tennessee

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