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Bill Clinton: Democracy's survival depends upon that need to know and the free flow of ideas and information.

On the recordApril 17, 1997
Democracy's survival depends upon that need to know and the free flow of ideas and information.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Teleconference Remarks on the Opening of the Newseum

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