Bill Clinton

I just wanted to say hello and we're proud of you.

I intend to do my very best to be faithful to the lessons that I learned as a Governor.

I'll tell you what, this is a lot bigger deal at home than me getting elected President.

This house is your house, that I am well aware of the fact that I am just a temporary tenant.

That is my position. My position is that I still embrace the principle, and I think it should be done. The position of those who are opposed to me is that they think that the problems will be so overwhelming everybody with good sense will…

Well, I think it was pretty clear to me that we were talking about some sort of 6-month process days and days ago. And the people who wanted it debated now were not deterred by that, and probably a lot of them won't be deterred by the…

I don't know how I could have done that. The Joint Chiefs asked for a meeting about a number of issues, in which this was only one. We spent a lot of time talking about other things. This issue was not put forward in this context by me; it…

No, I had always planned to allow some period of time during which policies would be developed to deal with what I think are the significant practical problems. This, in effect, may reverse the process over what I intended to do, but there…

Well, it makes one point. I think it strengthens my hand, if you will, in two ways. One, I agree with the principle embodied in the case. I have not read the opinion, but as I understand it, the opinion draws the distinction that I seek to…

Yes, I do. Of course, I didn't bring it up; people in the Senate did. I just tried--I have not, frankly, spent very much time on it compared to the time I'm spending on the economy, which is what I was elected to do. And we've been working…

Well, we talked about it a little last night, but I wanted to--the staff stayed here quite late. I thought they ought to get a chance to get a little sleep and then think through it. So, as you know, there is virtual agreement on…

Well, we're waiting for an analysis of the court decision now and how it affects what we would have to do anyway. So, that sort of--we were here, as you know, last night with Senator Nunn, and I thought it was quite close to an agreement…

One of the things that we are determined to do here in Washington is open the Government to you.

The Department of Commerce will play a leading role in the development of a high skill, high wage economy.

I hereby direct you to submit to me prior to July 15, 1993, a draft of an Executive order ending discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in determining who may serve in the Armed Forces of the United States.

I think a lot of you said this, but I just want to close with this: It's easy for people to talk about family values, but it's also important for us to value families.

By allowing workers to tend to vital family and health care needs without jeopardizing their jobs, this legislation would provide American workers with rights enjoyed by workers in virtually every other advanced industrial nation.

I still think I'm right; I feel comfortable about the way we have done this; and I'm going to maintain the commitment that I have.

I do not expect that to spark this kind of problem.

This compromise is not everything I would have hoped for or everything that I have stood for, but it is plainly a substantial step in the right direction.

I think that there's a lot of response to the efforts we're making now, but there's also a lot of troubling news about lost jobs.

I think it's going to fit, don't you?

I came here to talk about the economy today with Mr. Greenspan.

I'm satisfied with what I hope the resolution will be.

The principle behind this for me is that Americans who are willing to conform to the requirements of conduct within the military services, in my judgment, should be able to serve in the military and that people should be disqualified from…