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Address at the Boston campus of the University of Massachusetts; as quoted by Allison Mitchell, “Clinton Urges Campaign Against Youth Crime”, The New York Times, (February 20, 1997), Section B, Page 9

We know that if this can be done in Boston, it can be done in every community, in every neighborhood of every size in the United States. And we ask the United States Congress to do what you've done here in Massachusetts: cross all party lines, throw politics away, throw the speeches in the trash can, join hands. Let's do what works and make America the safe place it has to be.

— Bill Clinton

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We know that if this can be done in Boston, it can be done in every community, in every neighborhood of every size in the United States. And we ask the United States Congress to do what you've done here in Massachusetts: cross all party lines, throw politics away, throw the speeches in the trash can, join hands. Let's do what works and make America the safe place it has to be." in the context of "Address at the Boston campus of the University of Massachusetts; as quoted by Allison Mitchell, “Clinton Urges Campaign Against Youth Crime”, The New York Times, (February 20, 1997), Section B, Page 9" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Bill Clinton

About Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III ; 19 August 1946) is an American politician and the 42nd president of the United States of America, and the husband of Hillary Rodham Clinton.