Bill Clinton

Nothing is really more important to a society than raising children.

I thought he was going to say, ``When the son of a migrant farmworker can introduce the redneck grandson of poor dirt farmers''--[laughter]--that's what I thought he was going to say. Paul Rodriguez. The Secret Service cut that joke out…

Thank you. I thought Mary Mendez did a good job for a parent and not a professional speaker, didn't you? Give her a hand. [Applause] Hello! Audience members. Hello!

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including 31 U.S.C. 301 and 26 U.S.C. 7801(a), and in order to establish a permanent oversight board to assist the Secretary of…

Well, the most important element of United States policy will not change as it relates to Taiwan, and that is that there can be no forcible resolution of that issue, and that while we accept the idea of one China, it has always been our…

I would say that it is an oversight and we should have, because I do every time I can. And secondly, I'm fairly optimistic now because North Korea has agreed to participate in a meeting to determine the conditions in which they would meet…

I can't promise you that, but I can tell you that's what I support. And I support--generally, I think that it's going to be difficult to implement the full spirit of the Dayton accord unless you see some progress on the war criminals…

I think, yes, they're ready politically and ready economically in terms of what's--like the Paris Club membership. But I think there are still some things that the old G-7 have to do that it wouldn't even be fair to ask Russia to…

Well, it might be. But the problem is, you know, the G-7 nations are not the primary place where the market is growing. I will say this, I hope that other countries around the world that are concerned with their own public health and who…

What we can do is to control what we're asked to do. We tried to be very cooperative, and all that we have asked is that the hearings be fair and bipartisan. And if they are, I think they'll serve a valid public purpose. Go ahead. China

Well, first of all, you know I can't comment on intelligence reports or alleged intelligence reports. I would remind you that when we had clear evidence that China was providing ring magnets to Pakistan in ways that we thought were plainly…

More important than the ideological debates or the party differences is which spirit will dominate Washington as we move into the 21st century.

Everything I have ever seen of her in private is completely consistent with the face and the voice she presents to the public.

Our prayers are with her family in this hour of grief.

She devoted a long career to education and to uplifting women and children.

I have always thought of you as friends and allies in doing America's work.

We're not going to leave our children behind.

Can we become the first truly multiracial great democracy in human history?

I have done everything I can as President to heal the kind of divisive, destructive, political climate that has come to dominate too much of the discourse in Washington.

We have a chance to rewrite the rules of human evolution, almost, by building the world's first truly great multiracial, multiethnic democracy.

She always sticks up for what she believes in, and she's the same every day.

That's what America needs: the right spirit.

America's doing so well.

I am convinced that... this country is being held back by things that aren't illegal but are equally damaging.

I am delighted to be here.