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Bill Clinton: “Yes. The organized enemies of the nation-state that have vast money and vast access to weapons and technology and…”

On the recordDecember 22, 1999
Yes. The organized enemies of the nation-state that have vast money and vast access to weapons and technology and travel: the organized crime syndicates; the narcotraffickers; the terrorists. And I think the likelihood that all these people will be integrated-- there may be some rogue states that will support them, but I think you're more likely to see the nation-states trying to uphold stability in their national lives, increasingly open and democratic. Even China, I think, will become more open and more democratic. They're already electing mayors in a million little towns, literally. Mr. Rose. In democratic elections?
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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