Bill Clinton

We need to provide them fair and equitable compensation to recognize their important role.

I am deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Bob Damus.

I think that, if that's the test, that we pass.

We have got to turn this around.

Today I join millions of Americans in celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

The benefits of the IDEA stretch far beyond just those with disabilities.

I have directed Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky to assign a high priority to advancing negotiations for an FTA.

Congratulations. We are very, very proud of you.

The negotiation of a bilateral free trade agreement between us will provide further impetus for the FTAA negotiations.

I have often said that it seems to me the Olympics capture our imagination not just because we love athletics and love competition but because we think the Olympics and Paralympics games work the way life ought to work: people work…

America's ongoing commitment to this principle, embodied in the IDEA, is both an economic and moral imperative for our future.

Education is the key to our children's future, and it is the IDEA that ensures all children with disabilities have access to a free, appropriate public education.

I think this is very important.

It has been an honor to live here, and I can honestly say that there is never a time when the helicopter lands on the South Lawn that I still don't feel the thrill of just being here.

I believe that this should definitely be a two-way street.

I want to thank you for all the help you've given us these last 8 years.

I still believe that the role of culture will be fundamentally positive.

I don't buy the argument that we're all going to become homogenized.

I'm very, very grateful to all of you.

We can't turn this globalization off.

I hope her book will give millions of our fellow Americans who may never come here a better sense of what is so special about the house.

I think you should see this for what it is.

Well, first of all, you guys look good on the steps here.

The White House wears its history proudly but is forever growing and changing, along with America.

Even then, cultural diplomacy was a giant step ahead of traditional diplomacy.