On the recordJune 18, 2003
I was moved by my colleague's story who remembers his father here when he got sworn in. Just 5 months ago, my father sat up there and watched me get sworn in, and he came to this country in 1959. So whatever happens in his life and my life, I will always have that time that he was able to see, having coming to this country, his son get sworn in. Now that I am a father of three children, I am reminded of what Mark Twain once said: "At 12 I concluded my father was a fool. By 16 I was shocked what he could learn in only 4 years." I say that because I am going to provide for my children the same values that my father taught me and my mother. They are going to get love, education and a good kick out the front door so they can earn their way around this world the way I have. The truth is, what we should be doing instead of helping wealthy people protect their wealth, we should help people build wealth.
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