Bill Clinton actually said...

"Together, the arts and humanities teach us to celebrate the cultural diversity unique to America, while transcending differences in race, ethnicity, age, or creed."

"We are, we always have been, and we always will be a nation of creators and innovators."

"Let us remember that the arts and humanities are a necessity, not a luxury, and that every American deserves to have access to them."

"Today, on the threshold of a new millennium, they are more essential than ever to the endurance of our values of tolerance, pluralism, and freedom; to our understanding of where we are and where we ne..."