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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· May 16, 1996

We must rededicate ourselves to keeping the U.S. military strong and confident—sustaining these true pillars that support freedom throughout the world.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· May 16, 1996

I want your future to be the brightest, best future any generation of Americans has ever known.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· May 16, 1996

Today America warns: If you dare to prey on our children, the law will follow you wherever you go, State to State, town to town.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· May 16, 1996

Announcement of the nominations for U.S. District Judges for the Central District of California and the Northern District of Georgia

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· May 16, 1996

I hereby order, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America,... that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff...

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· May 16, 1996

I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same period at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad...

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· May 16, 1996

We cannot stand to have higher juvenile crime rates and violence rates when that huge number of young people come here.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· May 16, 1996

America has to remain the world's strongest force for peace and for freedom, for prosperity and for security.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· May 16, 1996

We respect people's rights, but today America proclaims there is no greater right than a parent's right to raise a child in safety and love.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· May 16, 1996

I commend the United States-Austria Social Security Agreement and related documents to the Congress.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· May 15, 1996

Saul has led here at home as well, working to confront the problems of racism, urban decay, and poverty.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· May 15, 1996

This is a country founded on a certain set of ideas, a certain set of values, a certain set of principles.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· May 15, 1996

America is a great country because we have welcomed successive generations of immigrants to our shores.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· May 15, 1996

It's simply not true that public service is not capable of operating at a very high level of productivity and quality based on pride and partnership of the workers.

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