Bill Clinton

I think it's a good thing that the United States is a leading force for peace and freedom.

Make no mistake about it, that's what all this is about.

We reversed trickledown economics and installed an economic theory based on investment in our people.

That is what I had hoped would happen after the Hebron agreement, and that is still what I believe has to happen if we're going to succeed.

I am striving to get every State in the country to agree that we should establish national standards first in reading and math.

Under President Zedillo's leadership, Mexico broke new ground by extraditing two of its citizens to the United States.

These things do not happen by accident.

Bob Graham is very important to this country, not just to the Democratic Party but to the country.

Education holds the key to our future in the 21st century.

I condemn this act in the strongest possible terms.

Mexico has taken concrete steps on its own to fight drug trafficking.

We have to make 2 years of education after high school... just as universal in America by the year 2000 as a high school diploma is today.

I am very honored to be here.

Our country was producing results for the people and for the future.

We all seek the same goal: to keep drugs out of America's neighborhoods and away from our children.

I tell you, I believe in the kids of this country.

This bill proves that that is not true.

This is a big problem for us.

Children that have parents who work with them and deal with this issue are much less likely to be in trouble.

I'm especially proud that as we build our infrastructure, we are going to help build better lives for people who are moving off welfare.

The biggest increase in drug use among children under 18 by far has been marijuana.

We're here because the number one goal of our antidrug strategy is to persuade young people to stay away from drugs in the first place.

We need to talk about it, because those muscle relaxants are—if you think about it, I don't know if you've ever had a muscle spasm, but I have.

That means that this transportation bill literally will be our bridge into the 21st century.

We have to take a lot of responsibility here, too.