Bill Clinton

The departments and agencies shall provide an initial report on the results of this review to the Vice President through the National Performance Review within 120 days of the date of this memorandum.

I asked the Congress for $12 million in supplemental appropriation for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

The best days of this country are ahead of us.

I announced my intention to appoint the following individuals to the National Cancer Advisory Board.

That’s who doesn’t have a gun.

I announced my intention to leave no stone unturned in our efforts to determine the causes of the illnesses being experienced by veterans of the Gulf war.

I want to see our country continue to be the strongest force in the world for peace and freedom and prosperity.

I believe no great nation, at any point in human history, has ever, ever, gotten greater without extending opportunity to more and more people.

I want us to go into the 21st century meeting our challenges and protecting our values together.

It is clear to me that whenever the Federal Government establishes a goal of providing civilian employees and military personnel with an environment supportive to families, the result is greater cost efficiency, increased worker commitment…

We will continue to work closely with the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses to ensure that we are doing everything possible to address the health consequences of service in the Persian Gulf.

The most important statistic of all to me, therefore, is that last year average hourly earnings for American working people started to go up again for the first time in 10 years.

I am directing all executive departments and agencies to review their personnel practices and develop a plan of action to utilize the flexible policies already in place.

I welcomed the arrival of the 1996 Olympic torch on the South Lawn of the White House.

I could go on and on.

It also will remind you, if you look closely, that there are still hard-working people struggling to make ends meet within a mile of where we're now sitting.

I want the Brady bill.

You can make things better. You can make progress.

I am very honored to be here, especially on your 25th anniversary, to thank you more than anything else for the work that you have done for opportunities for women, for stronger families, and a brighter future for America.

If every American would follow the example you have set, this country would not have many problems, and we would have an unlimited future.

I believe in it so strongly.

Our goal should be success at home; success at work.

We must all be intolerant of that.

We now have both economic and social evidence that we need to do that.

There is no stopping this country in the 21st century if we do that one thing, if we give everybody who will work for it the chance to live out their dreams.