Bill Clinton: “We cannot dam up the tides of economic change anymore than King Canute…”

On the recordJune 15, 1999

We cannot dam up the tides of economic change anymore than King Canute could still the waters.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the International Labor Organization Conference in Geneva, Switzerland

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Bill Clinton: “We cannot dam up the tides of economic change anymore than King Canute could still the waters.”