Bill Clinton
The Public Record
Bill Jefferson Clinton served as the 42nd President of the United States from January 20, 1993, to January 20, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the position of Governor of Arkansas from 1983 to 1992. During his presidency, Clinton focused on several key policies, including welfare reform, economic growth, and healthcare reform. His administration is noted for achieving a budget surplus and for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
You are not alone, and you must keep fighting for all of us and especially for our children.
I believe our welfare reform policies, I believe our crime bill, I believe a lot of the things we have done have played a role.
The battle against substance abuse must be waged a person at a time, a family at a time, a school at a time, community by community.
Building a family is the hardest job a man can do, but it's also the most important.
Al Gore was the most important and influential Vice President in the history of the United States of America.
There will be problems in this old world as long as people like you and me inhabit the planet because we're not perfect.
Let all of us who want to stand up against racism do our part to roll back the divide.
White racism may be black people's burden, but it's white people's problem.
The most important thing is that we permit those of you in the private sector to succeed by following good, sound policies on the deficit, on trade, on investment in education, on research and development.
The American people are leading the way to bring the crime rate down.
It is fitting that a library, a place that keeps and honors books and records, will honor Tom Dodd's service, his passion for justice, and his hatred of tyranny.
I am grateful for it and again grateful for its expression in this remarkable project which will help the people of Connecticut and the United States to understand their history.
He fought the tyranny of racism, prosecuting civil rights cases in the South in the 1930's, long before it was popular anywhere in the United States.
The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.
Had we done it in his time, we would not have so much work to do in this time.





