Bill Clinton actually said...

I think it is important to do these things because too often the further you get away from the grassroots in America, the more theoretical and the less practical the debates become.

Context

Remarks at the Opening Session of the Pacific Rim Economic Conference in Portland, Oregon

06/26/1995

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