It's clear that we need to keep working on this.

We have turned this country around. We're moving in the right direction.

We begin the new century on a high note.

I believe that in this new economy, government's role is to give the American people the tools and the conditions they need to make their way and to advance our Nation's progress.

Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.

We have to keep changing.

I have waited over 30 years for my country to be in a position to build the future of our dreams for our children.

We have made tremendous strides.

We must continue to do more.

I hope that the Members of Congress will work with us in good faith to make this a season of progress.

I am just grateful I had the chance to serve at this time, to be the instrument of trying to move our country forward and pull our country together.

I think we could skip a whole generation of development.

Where there is rising accountability to go with rising standards, we have seen progress.

If you want to live in the new world of the 21st century, you've got to help people get rid of their old hatreds and old fears.

Thank you because we have moved this country in the right direction.

Everything President Johnson worked for and dreamed of that he thought could happen after all these years has still not reached quite a large number of your fellow Americans.

America will help as you move forward.

We can build one America where nobody is left behind when we cross that bridge into a new century, and if we do, we'll all be better off.