George H.W. Bush

The future of American education really is the future of America itself.

We agreed to loosen rules that restrict the creativity of States and schools.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

It is to construct a better future that we agreed to define national goals in education.

I would welcome this as a very encouraging first step.

Several provisions in the bill micromanage or unconstitutionally constrain the President's authority to conduct the Nation's foreign affairs.

No, I don't think it's moving too fast.

Mandatory sanctions fail to provide necessary Presidential discretion and flexibility for imposing or waiving sanctions.

And this concern with education is to be found wherever men and women seek to extend human liberty.

That is very, very important.

Everyone who uses drugs, everyone who sells drugs, and everyone who looks the other way are responsible.

The bill also includes unnecessarily burdensome administrative requirements on State and local educational agencies.

I look forward to stopping this devastation and guiding our nation toward an intolerance of illegal drug use wherever it may be found.

I have asked 27 very prominent Americans to serve on this Council.

The scourge of illegal drugs upon the lives of many Americans is simply devastating.

The Council will assist the President and the Director of National Drug Control Policy, William Bennett, in the development and promotion of our national drug policy.

And the time is now.

I am confident that Martin Gerry will be an outstanding Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Take your place in this house of freedom.

Thank you, Poland, for showing us that the dream is alive.

History may make men, but Lech Walesa has made history.

Americans are proud of the extraordinary job being done by our United States Postal Service and its 800,000 employees.

I'm pleased to have been greeted by him outside.

The quest for freedom is stronger than steel, more permanent than concrete.

And with the passage of time, they have won the battle for the hearts of their countrymen -- and in my view, it's about time.