Bill Clinton

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

I would be the happiest man on Earth.

Research confirms what most of us know from our own experience: What most determines whether students learn is not family background or even dollars spent per pupil but the talent, the ability, and the dedication of their teachers.

It's a note I made to myself that we may have to have a perfect defense.

I think we should do more, and this is a big downpayment on it.

That is the best strategy.

There are a lot of people like this.

Teaching is an important part of our national security.

We have to do it again.

And when we do that, we know they will have a dramatic impact on improving the quality of the existing teacher corps.

I will call on Congress to invest $1.4 billion to hire new, better trained teachers to reduce class size in the early grades.

I think it's so important that—it's sort of a balance thing, but I want to raise public awareness of this.

I think we've got an enormous amount of work out there ahead of us.

I do not believe that the threat in the United States is sufficient that I could recommend that to people, to the public at large.

It would be completely irresponsible for us not to allocate a substantial investment in trying to protect America from threats that will be, in all probability, as likely or more likely in the future than the threats we think we face today.

I would say that is highly likely to happen sometime in the next few years.

We will provide funds to help States do that.

I intend to send Congress a plan that will, among other things, require States receiving Federal funds to end social promotion.

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With tax credits and more affordable student loans, we have finally opened the doors of college to all Americans.

We must help all Americans, from their first day on the job to save, to invest, to create wealth.

The best way to keep Social Security a rock-solid guarantee is not to make drastic cuts in benefits, not to raise payroll tax rates.

The national emergency declared on January 23, 1995, and the measures that took effect on January 24, 1995, to deal with that emergency must continue in effect beyond January 23, 1999.

I want you to remember how you feel tonight, and I want you to keep it with you all year long.

How grateful we are for the chance to serve.