“The better that people understand what Clinton did in office, the greater the nation's chances for political recovery.”

—  James Bovard

From Feeling Your Pain: The Explosion and Abuse of Government Power in the Clinton-Gore Years (St. Martin's Press, 2000) http://www.jimbovard.com/Epigrams%20page%20Feeling%20Your%20Pain.htm

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