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Bill Clinton: “We can make this the safest big country in the world, and we can do it without undermining the personal liberties of…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2000
We can make this the safest big country in the world, and we can do it without undermining the personal liberties of other people.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the Aspen Institute in San Jose, California

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