09/18/2002
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"It's a huge honor to be the President, by the way."
"Our friends are permanent parts of our life."
"America is really better off by the fact that they decided to make a huge sacrifice, leave their beloved State, and go to Washington, DC."
"Sometimes Washington needs to figure out that politics isn't what's most important; the people are what's most important."