George H.W. Bush

The main thing is to get it cleaned up, to protect a very precious environment up there.

I am pleased to announce my intention to nominate William H. Taft IV to be the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO.

There is no shortcut to democracy, no quick fix.

You showed once again that teamwork works.

Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.

We are driven always by a restlessness to do better.

It speaks to our capacity to dare and to dream the impossible.

Your triumph is personal.

By enriching our lives and our children's lives, it can shape America's dreams of the 21st century.

You showed exactly where we are going and why.

Let me just take a second to salute Dr. Fletcher, whose name has become almost synonymous with NASA's.

I'm going to mention it because the Governor and others have told us that it's making a real move, being successful.

We have got to win the war on drugs for Everett Hatcher and all those of your profession who have given their lives to free America of drug abuse.

Some people, they grow it here sometimes in the United States, too.

That's why you need to be company on this -- stand together in fighting against it.

The final choice is yours.

I'm committed to the ending of the scourge of drugs across the United States of America, and I need your help.

I hope that the movie producers and the movie directors and those involved in the entertainment business will stop, will put an end to the glorification or its humorous treatment of narcotics.

I'm convinced these difficult choices can be made in a way that preserves our defense capabilities.

The minimum-wage population and the poverty population are composed largely of different people.

Since 1982, with no increase in the minimum wage, the economy has added more than 19 million jobs.

Strength secures peace.

John J. McCloy helped shape American policy and perspectives during the past fifty years.

The U.N. can be a force for peace, a forum for resolving conflict.

I accept your instruction and will certainly proceed to continue to keep it there.