11/13/1989
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"We cannot allow an isolated labor-management dispute to disrupt the Nation's entire transportation system."
"Each of you, with your academic diligence and your intellect and a lot of hard work, have won the oldest and largest national high school competition in the entire country."
"Education is nothing less than the very heart of our civilization."
"You've planted the seeds of literacy, and the learning curve as well, that will benefit our country for generations to come."