Bill Clinton

We must find a way to work with each other across racial lines.

If you raise the standards and you do it in the right way and you give everybody a chance to succeed, they will be more likely to stay, not more likely to quit.

This is a problem that affects Americans of all income groups.

I miss Paul Simon in the Senate, but I'm glad he's still here caring about Illinois.

We shouldn't stop until they all have health care.

Carol Moseley-Braun is one of the chief cosponsors of the brownfields legislation.

It is not true that just because somebody is poor or a first-generation immigrant or has been through some rough times in their lives, has made a mistake or two, that they do not want to do a good job.

Carol Moseley-Braun played a major role in bringing that about, and she deserves your support because of it.

There is no telling how many rules and regulations that Secretary Riley has gotten rid of to give the decisionmaking power back to local school districts.

This is an amazing thing.

That's what leadership is.

His legacy will be not silence.

The important thing, almost none of them will choose to go outside their neighborhood or assigned district, but knowing that they have the ability to do it changes the attitude of everybody in all the districts and lifts the standards…

We are all far richer, and more caring, for his having shared his time on Earth with the human family.

I still believe in what I said then: I want our country in the 21st century to be a place where every American... has a chance to live out his or her dreams.

I have asked Ambassador Holbrooke to use his proven negotiating skills and superb knowledge of the region to support the U.N. efforts.

You should reward people who do things that are good for this country.

It's okay to be a liberal or a conservative, but it's not okay to be irrelevant in American politics.

The public health and the environment are important parts of this.

I transmit herewith for Senate advice and consent to ratification the Convention Between the United States of America and the Swiss Confederation for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on Income.

Our strategy has been to develop a National Government set of policies that would, in effect, empower citizens and families and communities.

We created the empowerment zone concept, which Carol Moseley-Braun supported, and Chicago is participating.

Chicago has sort of become my second home—Illinois has.

We want every child to have the chance to live out his or her dreams.

People are never in hopeless circumstances unless they have no power to do anything about it.