Bill Clinton: “Thank you very much, Dee Hammonds, for that introduction and for the welcome to the University of Akron. I have enjoyed…”

“Thank you very much, Dee Hammonds, for that introduction and for the welcome to the University of Akron. I have enjoyed being here very much, and I'm very grateful to President Ruebel and to all the officials and the students who did such a good job today. Mr. Mayor, County Executive Davis, Senator Glenn, Congressman Sawyer, Congressman Stokes, members of the city council, the State legislators and other officials, I hope you were proud of your fellow Ohioans today. I thought they were great on the town meeting. I want to say a special word of appreciation to all the people in Akron who have been a part of the Coming Together Project because it's one of the reasons we came here. We wanted to come to a place in the heartland of America which could embody the best of America's past, present, and potential for the future and where people have been honest in dealing with issues of racial difference, and I compliment you on that. Let me also say that I really was very moved, as I have frequently been in such settings--but I was so impressed by the people who were part of our town meeting today, by their conviction, by their sincerity, by their passion, by the life they've lived, and by the good things they want for our country. And you must have been proud of them as well. I hope they spoke for all of you.…”