Bill Clinton

Affirmative action is simply a tool in the pursuit of that enduring national interest, equal opportunity.

We cannot grow the American economy in the 21st century if we continue to have pockets of abject poverty where people are dying to go to work.

I don't want any Hispanic child in America to feel that his or her race is an impediment to full achievement.

It took hard work and sacrifices and countless acts of courage and conscience by millions of Americans.

We have a strategy to do something about it.

Our challenge is twofold: first, to restore the American dream of opportunity and the American value of responsibility.

The job of ending discrimination in this country is not over.

Discrimination is not just morally wrong, it hurts everybody.

We should all be grateful for the work that all of you do.

We will continue to support affirmative measures that promote opportunities in employment, education, and government contracting for Americans subject to discrimination or its continuing effects.

This Administration is committed to expanding the economy, to strengthening programs that support children and families, and to vigorous, effective enforcement of laws prohibiting discrimination.

Any program that does not meet the constitutional standard must be reformed or eliminated.

I want our children's generation to inherit an America with as much new opportunity as the one into which I was brought into.

The lesson we learned was a hard one.

Let me be clear about what affirmative action must not mean and what I won't allow it to be.

I am resolved that that day will come.

When affirmative action is done right, it is flexible, it is fair, and it works.

We need to mend but not to end affirmative action.

Affirmative action has been good for America.

It is a moral imperative, a constitutional mandate, and a legal necessity.

The 1996 VA-HUD appropriations bill passed today by the House Appropriations Committee is unacceptable.

I shall continue to exercise the powers at my disposal to apply economic sanctions against the FRY (S/M) and the Bosnian Serb forces, civil authorities, and entities, as long as these measures are appropriate.

The actions and policies of the Government of the FRY (S/M), in its involvement in and support for groups attempting to seize and hold territory in the Republics of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina by force and violence, continue to pose…

I will not stand by as the Republican majority tries to impose this extreme agenda on the Nation.

It will stand as a reminder of George Bush's basic integrity and decency.