The battle against substance abuse must be waged a person at a time, a family at a time, a school at a time, community by community.

I believe our welfare reform policies, I believe our crime bill, I believe a lot of the things we have done have played a role.

We can balance the budget without stepping on our values and trampling on our future and walking away from our obligations to one another.

There will be problems in this old world as long as people like you and me inhabit the planet because we're not perfect.

This moment in which the racial divide is so clearly out in the open need not be a setback for us.

I'm glad to be the first, and I know I won't be the last.

It was the pivotal event of his life.

It is fitting that a library, a place that keeps and honors books and records, will honor Tom Dodd's service, his passion for justice, and his hatred of tyranny.

Had we done it in his time, we would not have so much work to do in this time.

It has deeply moved all of us, and we thank you for your example.

He fought the tyranny of racism, prosecuting civil rights cases in the South in the 1930's, long before it was popular anywhere in the United States.

The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.

I am glad that Tom Dodd will be remembered here, in this place, in this building, with this center, in the State he loved, with the very best arsenal for the freedom he fought to defend his entire life.

I am grateful for it and again grateful for its expression in this remarkable project which will help the people of Connecticut and the United States to understand their history.

I call upon the people of the United States to honor the vital role America's forests play in our national life.

America's forests are a priceless inheritance—one of our country's greatest treasures.

I hereby proclaim October 15, 1995, as White Cane Safety Day.

I know we can do it but we must get about it, and we must stay with it until the job is done.