Bill Clinton actually said...

As mayors, more than any other public officials in this country, you have been on the front lines of public service.

Teleconference Remarks With the U.S. Conference of Mayors

06/21/1993

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We have asked you not to fight a war but to give a people exhausted by war the strength to make and stay at peace.

We are very grateful.

This mission is different.

But where we can make a difference and where our interests and our values are clearly at stake, we must step forward.