Bill Clinton

Peter Francis Tufo, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Hungary.

I find that it is in the paramount interest of the United States to exempt the United States Air Force's operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada.

David W. Wilcox, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Joshua Gotbaum.

The Medal of Arts recipients are: Louise Bourgeois, Betty Carter, Agnes Gund, Daniel Urban Kiley, Angela Lansbury, James Levine, Tito Puente, Jason Robards, Edward Villella, Doc Watson, MacDowell Colony, and Jane Alexander.

We are united by this almost mystical love of our country and its history and what it means.

Forty years ago, a single image first seared the heart and stirred the conscience of our Nation.

Thank you for what you have done, and thank you, too, for what you continue to do as living examples of everything we love most about America.

We are woven into a seamless garment of destiny.

The Little Rock Nine did not turn back.

Hillary and I are glad to be home, especially on this day.

Twice since I have been President, I have bestowed the Medal of Honor.

There’s an extraordinary amount of love in this country for our Nation, felt by almost every single citizen.

Only the American idea is strong enough to hold us together.

Congress faces the best opportunity in a generation to enact campaign finance reform.

Today we honor those who made it possible.

I urge the Members of the House to take the next step and give their full support for the meaningful bipartisan campaign finance reform offered by Representatives Shays and Meehan.

What does what happened here 40 years ago mean today?

I'm especially honored to be in the presence of people who are in what has been described as the most exclusive club in America, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.

I feel a profound admiration for all of you for your acts of valor and heroism.

Think what it was like for those nine kids to show up and face a jeering mob, armed only with their notebooks and their schoolbooks.

Forty years later, we know that we all benefit— all of us—when we learn together, work together, and come together.

It was Little Rock that made racial equality a driving obsession in my life.

They were heroes in that day, as well.

Our military promotes equality by rewarding merit without regard to race or gender and sets an example for every American.

Forty years later, we know, notwithstanding some cynics, that all our children can learn, and this school proves it.