07/01/1999
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"I promised myself that if I got elected President, I was going to take the politics out of crime and try to put the police and the people back into the business of lowering the crime rate and bringing..."
"We are on the verge of a new century."
"Sometimes it's not good in public life to straddle the fence, but I picked up pretty quick it's a good thing to straddle this river."
"We continue to recognize that, in a world of increasing interdependence, the United States' engagement and leadership in the United Nations is as important now as it has ever been."