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June 9th, 2004

Bill Clinton at Book Expo America, June 4, 2004:

“I am from, I think, a more traditional American position—going back to the founders—which is that politics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology.”

Hear the whole thing—all 50-plus minutes of it, twenty more than he was allotted—at audible.com. It’s a free download.

Add a “Dark Side of the Moon” element to it: Listen to it while riding a packed New York City subway car on a Wednesday morning. I would have liked to have heard this speech in person, but I think it actually might be more powerful listening to it in the tunnels rather than a convention center.

(And yes, I know. He’s hawking a book. I think you should still listen to it.)