Bill Clinton

You don't have to be all attached to party labels to believe that ideas matter in politics and conventional wisdoms have to be challenged.

United States seaports are an integral part of our Nation's commerce.

I suppose I am living proof, when I come here every year, that it is possible for a person to love and support those things which he does not fully understand.

We're going to continue to have serious, serious problems.

This will become unthinkable, too, that we should ever reverse these things if we ever have enough sense to do them.

I promised myself, when I got elected President, that because of my background, I was in a position to try to take on the positions that the NRA had taken and at least have a halfway decent chance of explaining it to the American people.

The United States is the strongest it has ever been, thanks in large measure to the remarkable pace and scope of American science and technology in the last 50 years.

On behalf of all Americans, I thank each reservist, their families and loved ones, and their employers here at home for their service and sacrifice in support of our important mission in Kosovo.

I believe very strongly that there are things in our culture that have to be challenged and that there is too much ready violence in the culture.

I'm grateful that we have over 90 percent of our children immunized against serious childhood diseases for the first time in the history of the country.

We do have to keep working on the culture.

I authorized the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation to order to active duty up to 33,102 essential members of our Reserve component to support NATO and U.S. operations related to the conflict in Kosovo.

Federal investments in university research are critically important to the Nation.

We had to break the citizens of this country from the grip of an outdated political debate.

The partnership that has evolved between the Federal Government and our Nation's system of research universities has served us well by any measure of success.

I implore you to remember what these Members have said.

The vital and dual roles of students must be recognized and reflected in Government and university policies and practices.

The resulting report on Renewing the Federal Government-University Research Partnership for the 21st Century finds that the partnership is fundamentally sound, but that it can still be improved.

But this is very important stuff.

We need to make sure that the economic growth that has still escaped some of the inner cities and poor rural areas can at long last be extended to them.

Thank you very much, Carolyn, John Conyers, Senator Chafee, Senator Feinstein, all the many Members of Congress who are here.

The Commission shall complete its work within 1 year of the date of its establishment.

All Americans are proud of the commitment these citizen soldiers make to their country.

It's worth it; people's lives are at stake here.

I am very pleased that the Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case regarding the Food and Drug Administration's regulation of tobacco products.