Bill Clinton

Our schools are stronger and our children's future brighter because of his decades of dedicated leadership.

I hope that you will continue to swell the ranks of your members.

Thank you very much to Eli Segal for your efforts that have widened the circle of opportunity in America and strengthened the tradition of service to country.

Muhammad Ali has dedicated his life to working for children, feeding the hungry, supporting his faith, and standing up for racial equality.

Thank you, Tony Lewis, for the values you have espoused, for the way you have espoused them, and for never growing weary.

For his lifetime of work that has improved the lives of millions, we honor today Edward Roybal.

One of the greatest honors I have had as President has been the opportunity to recognize and to honor, on behalf of the American people, the rich and diverse accomplishments of our fellow citizens.

I have been profoundly grateful to the working people of my native State and this country for what you represent and what you stand for.

Today we honor Juan Andrade for his courage, his commitment to both democracy and diversity, and for giving so many more Americans a voice in their own destiny.

The only path to a just and durable resolution is through negotiation.

I want to thank you for making it possible for me to give my wife good advice about how to run in New York.

You will not be disappointed, because I was right about her 30 years ago.

I anticipate that for some several months I will be disoriented when I walk into large rooms.

I think America will always be there for Israel's security.

Your land is also their land.

We know what we have to do, and we've got a mess on our hands.

What matters most is what we did that was common to our humanity.

I'm so proud of her, because she not only laid out a vision for what she wanted to do; she did it in a way that was consistently big and generous.

I will always have wonderful memories of every occasion where we passed the peace.

There has to be a way for us to reach those young Palestinian kids...

It could be Israel's finest hour.

Politics is not about the politicians; it's about the people.

I've kind of grown impatient with the word 'tolerance' because tolerance implies that someone who's better than someone else is decent enough to put up with them.

Hillary ran and won because of you—not because of her—because of your children and your future and what we want to do together.

I think the only Republican who thought it would work was Alan Greenspan.