05/14/1998
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"Children are our Nation's most precious resource and most sacred obligation."
"Let us each take time to appreciate the value of our family relationships and rededicate ourselves to building essential ties of kinship among all people."
"I won't allow the Republican Congress to force us into default or put Social Security beneficiaries at risk."
"I urge all the people of the United States to reaffirm their own familial bonds and to reach out to others in friendship and goodwill."