Political Quotes

“this week in Philadelphia, President Clinton is joining former Presidents Bush and Ford, along with former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell at a summit to promote voluntarism. I commend any and all efforts to increase charitable activity on the part of Americans. And I find it extremely fitting that this summit is being held in the City of Brotherly Love because charitable activity does more even than providing help and counseling to those in need. Charitable activity helps all Americans by promoting habits and appreciation of benevolent actions--actions aimed at helping those in need because it is the right thing to do. Charitable activity binds us together as members of the same community. It helps each of us think of our neighbors, and even strangers, as our brothers, deserving of our care and help. By volunteering, Americans bring us together in our towns, cities, States, and indeed our Nation. America has a vast interstate network of 114,000 operating nonprofit organizations, ranging from schools to hospitals to clinics to food programs. This network's revenues totaled $388 billion in 1990. Meanwhile, revenues for the 19,000 support institutions--which raise money to fund operating organizations--came to $29 billion. And total revenues for religious congregations were $48 billion. That's 465 billion dollars worth of nonprofit activity we enjoyed in 1990 alone.…”