Bill Clinton

There are successful partnerships between public schools and faith communities across the Nation in afterschool programs, school safety, discipline, and student literacy.

Today's vote is a key milestone toward enactment of legislation that will launch a new era of cooperation between the United States and our partners in Africa and the Caribbean Basin.

If we're not going to do this now, when in the wide world will we ever get around to doing it?

We must continue working to open new bridges of friendship and cooperation.

I congratulate those Members of Congress who have worked hard to reach agreement on this bill.

The Federal Government has invested almost $400 million in charter schools since 1994.

You're seeing what works in this school.

United by our common convictions, the United States and Mexico have long enjoyed warm ties of friendship and mutual respect.

This important measure will strengthen our economic partnership with these nations, lower trade barriers, help developing nations to lift their people out of poverty, and create a more secure world.

I must say, I don't know that I have ever been more touched by anything I have ever seen in any school in my life as I was when I looked up.

Charter schools are a vital engine of school reform because they promote accountability for results, competition, and choice within the public school system.

Our Budget will provide tax breaks to encourage all Americans to give to charity.

As we celebrate Mexico's valiant fight for independence, let us rededicate ourselves to the principles that inspired the Mexican patriots who fought at Puebla.

Because charter schools are exempt from many regulations governing traditional public schools, they have more freedom to develop innovative educational programs.

We've helped to reduce class size in the early grades with our program.

With the strongest economy in our history, the great test the American people face this year in the elections is, what is it that we mean to do with this prosperity?

My Administration has taken landmark steps to help State and localities improve educational opportunities for students.

Increasing the quality of education in this country for disadvantaged students is a national priority but requires the active involvement of every affected community.

We ought to give the States enough money to repair another 5,000 schools every single year for the next 5 years.

When we were worried about unemployment, it was hard to think about these big long-term challenges.

I love this community.

His lifelong journey of faith was our Nation's blessing.

Now is the time to ask ourselves, what's really out there for us to do?

This is not a day's work or a weekend's work or a month's work.

Right now, Governments in Iran and Serbia are cracking down on journalists, closing news organizations, and trying to block a public dialog that is so essential to human rights and freedom.