George H.W. Bush: “Walton in Bentonville, Arkansas March 17, 1992 Thank you all. Mr. Sam, now, you sit down. And thank you, David. Good…”

“Walton in Bentonville, Arkansas March 17, 1992 Thank you all. Mr. Sam, now, you sit down. And thank you, David. Good morning to all. And it is a true pleasure to be in America's heartland. And it is most appropriate that I should come to Arkansas to participate in this ceremony. First, I will apologize to every single person with whom our advance squad, security people, communications people have come into contact-- [laughter]--because I know your lives--but we pledge to those who have made these wonderful arrangements that we will leave right on schedule. [Laughter] And we will leave with a heart full of gratitude to all who handled, on very short notice, the arrangements that go with a visit of this nature. You know, I got a letter last year from a young eighth grader, John Quinton Bagley, in Nashville, Arkansas. And he wrote, ``You and Mrs. Bush could stay with me and my family. We do not have many reporters.'' [Laughter] Smart kids in Arkansas. No wonder I feel so at home here. But first, of course, my respects to Sam Walton and to Helen Walton, one of God's truly special people. And also, my respects to Bud Walton. Also to the one you've just heard from, ahead of David Glass, John Paul Hammerschmidt. This, I think he and I figured, was my fifth district-- not to the State but just to his part of it, his congressional district, first one as President.…”