Bill Clinton: “Governor John Waihee in Honolulu November 18, 1994 Thank you very much. Governor Waihee, Lynne, Governor-elect Cayetano…”

“Governor John Waihee in Honolulu November 18, 1994 Thank you very much. Governor Waihee, Lynne, Governor-elect Cayetano, Lieutenant Governor-elect Hirono, Senator Akaka, Congressman Abercrombie, Congresswoman Mink, Mayor Harris, Admiral Macke, ladies and gentlemen: I wanted very much to be here tonight, but I was worried when I heard that John was going to be canonized; I thought maybe he was desperately ill or something. [Laughter] Then I realized that you really did just want to do something nice for him and for Lynne and that you were going to do it in a wonderful cause. This Children's Discovery Center, to me, is a symbol of what is best in our public life: people working in partnership, people working in a positive way, trying to light the flame of an imagination in each child's life and eyes. It is so very different from so much of what dominates our public discussion today, but it is so very like what I will always think of when I think of John Waihee. He didn't tell you that a couple of years ago when the Democratic Governors had a meeting in Washington and we talked about my running for President, that he--it's true that he thought that I would be elected. It's also true that he and my mother were the only people in America who believed that at the time. [Laughter] And he gave me a--I don't know if he remembers this--he gave me a scarf and a cap to take to New Hampshire because it was so cold up there. Now I may just wear it all the time in Washington.…”