09/27/2000
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"I am very, very grateful for the chance that I have had to serve as President these last 7 1/2 years."
"What a country does with its prosperity is just as stern a test, if not a sterner one, of our character and our judgment as what we do in times of distress."
"You carry the spirit of our country, our hopes, our dreams, our prayers."
"He is by far the best qualified person to be President who has run for office in my adult lifetime."