Statement on the Death of Daisy Bates
11/03/1999
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I have favored this power for Presidents, no matter what their party, for a long time.
All Americans want to change the welfare system; no American wants to continue a system that doesn't promote work and responsible parenting.
Federal Government must be a savior—or cannot be a savior but must not sit on the sidelines.
We must go beyond the old way of big Government and the new rage of no Government to the idea of Government as a partner.