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Acknowledgements for Bush-Quayle
Bobby Holt, National Finance Chairman, Bush-Quayle '92
Jeannie Austin, co-chairperson of the RNC
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Clayton Yeutter, co-chairman of the RNC
Barbara Franklin, event co-chair and husband, Wally Barnes
George Webster, Event co-chair
Rev. William Tully Kelly, invocation
CABINET MEMBERS
Secretaries Derwinski, Madigan, and Watkins
Acknowledgements for Bush-Quayle
Bobby Holt, National Finance Chairman, Bush-Quayle '92
Jeannie Austin, co-chairperson of the RNC
Clayton Yeutter, co-chairman of the RNC
Wally Barnes
Barbara Franklin, event co-chair and husband, XXXX (to come)
George Webster, Event co-chair
Tully
Rev. William Kelly, invocation
Derwinski
Madigan
Paid attendees
Watkins
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Members of Congress
Barbara Franklin and George Webster are co-chairing the event.
George is introducing the VPres. Barbara is introducing the Pres.
She has known the Pres for several years.
The audience has been instructed to remember the Pres is not
campaigning -- to keep everything Presidential.
At this point, only the Pres and VPres will speak.
The audience makeup will include about 800-1,000 people primarily
from DC, but also from MD, VA, the East Coast, and some out-of-
state guests
The Redskins-Bush anecdote is being talked about a lot. Joke
material.
Rose Elder, golfer Lee Elder's wife, might be in attendance. She
is the woman who made the $5 bet with POTUS re the Redskins-Oilers
game.
B-Q Event People specifically mentioned people don't like to see
POTUS on the defensive -- and they'd like to see him emphasize why
being involved internationally is so important to Americans here
at home -- in terms of job creation, etc. This will not be a
locally-focused audience -- more like Washington insiders.
The Eastern High School Choir will perform at the beginning of the
event. They are a celebrated choir, have traveled all over.
However, they will depart before the Pres speaks.
PRE-ADVANCE/WALK-THRU QUESTIONNAIRE
EVENT: Bush-Quayle Fundraising Dinner
DATE: Wednesday, Nov. 20
TIME: approx. 7:45 p.m. POTUS speaks/after dinner
LOCATION:
(GIVE DETAILS)
Grand Hyatt
Independence Ballroom
EXPECTED AUDIENCE:
(NUMBER AND COMPOSITION)
400-500 quoted
Ballroom holds 1,200
realistically expecting 800-1,000 people
PRESS COVERAGE: Open
DIAS PARTICIPANTS: Barbara Franklin, George Webster (co-chairs)
Other names to come
EXPECTED PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERS OF
CABINET/CONGRESSIONAL/ADMINISTRATION: Names, if any, to come
POTUS INTRODUCTION: Barbara Franklin, B-Q Event Co-chair
PERTINENT SPEECH TOPICS: B-Q people mentioned: light on the
REASON
FOR EVENT: Fundraiser international involvement is good
defensive and mention of why
for Americans here.
PLEASE ATTACH PRE-ADVANCE/WALK-THRU CALL SHEET
November 12, 1991
MEMORANDUM TO TONY SNOW
FROM:
MICHELE NIX
SUBJECT:
BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISING DINNER
Political Affairs has yet to work out the details of the Nov. 20
B-Q event. Info thus far: The President will speak at around
6:45 p.m. at the Grand Hyatt. B-Q Event Chairperson Barbara
Franklin will introduce Pres. Approximately 400 people will
attend.
No info yet on anything else. Political Affairs will call me
back when they have more details.
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November 20, 1991
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISER
GRAND HYATT HOTEL
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1991
8:20 P.M.
Thank you, Barbara [Franklin]. It's always a special treat
to be introduced by a Barbara. [Husband, Wally]
George Webster, thank you, too. You and Barbara have done a
great job in organizing this event. [Wife, Ann]
Our Members of the Cabinet: Secretary Derwinski, Secretary
Madigan, Secretary Watkins.
It's great to see Jeannie Austin and Clayton Yeutter here.
And Bobby Holt -- doing a great job as our National Finance
Chairman.
My thanks to Reverend Tully for that special invocation.
To everyone here, greetings. I know you each made personal
contributions to this event, and I can't begin to express my
gratitude.
I want to thank all of you for your loyalty and support, and
for helping me build a Presidency that will propel the United
States to new greatness in the years ahead.
Let me also thank a great American for his selfless
contributions to this Administration and to the American people.
I'm talking about my vice president -- someone who's out working
for our issues today, Dan Quayle.
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Today, we begin to give you your money's worth. Today, we
begin to do to Democrats what the Redskins have done this season
to their foes. Um, that includes the Oilers. 11
We'll have to fight many opponents, of course. In recent
weeks, political rhetoric in this nation has turned demagogic and
ugly. And that's just in Doonesbury.
But while our opponents busy themselves with cheap shots,
Dan Quayle and I have important work assigned to us. We have a
responsibility to lead.
We also have the mandate. I know Democrats have been on a
mud-slinging roll recently, but here's the important thing: We
Republicans have the issues. We have the ideas. We have the
answers. We have the record. The Tired Old Party does not --
which is why they must resort to name-calling.
In the days and weeks and months ahead, let's take our
message to the people. Let's remind Americans of what we have
done and what we can do. Working people want to pry free of a
Democratic elite tied to old ways of looking at our changing
working people
world. They want a chance to make the American dream a reality
at home, in the workplace, in the schools, in the streets. They
know that we understand -- and we can help.
Let me talk about a key issue that separates Republicans
from the other party: the economy. For more than a decade,
Republicans created growth, opportunity and prosperity. We had
to fight every step along the way against the old-fashioned
the early 80's
Democrats. Yet since 1981 we have unleashed the greatest
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peacetime economic boom in our history: 17 million new jobs, good
jobs. We restored American economic leadership. We showed the
rest of the world that Americans can still outwork, outproduce,
out-innovate the rest of the world.
long
But we can't rest upon our record. We must build on it.
have pursued pdicies to bring about
Republicans believe in low inflation Road a sound dollar, a
low interest rates,
booming economy, and a culture that rewards innovation and hard
work. We believe in responsible government. We put together a
budget agreement that puts federal spending under control. I
took a lot of heat for that agreement, but I understood the
importance of leadership on the budget. Now that Congress
finally feels the pinch of the agreement, Democrats want out.
Well, Democrats need to understand that they can't continue
to call for taxes, taxes, taxes and spending, spending, spending.
They need to understand that all the American people see when
Democrats raise taxes is a federally mandated pay cut.
When Democrats talk about soaking the rich, the American
people reach for an umbrella. They know that when Democrats
claim to soak the rich, everyone gets wet -- and the middle class
nearly drowns in those federally mandated pay cuts.
Let's get back to basics. We believe in helping working
people build their own fortunes through sweat, determination and
risk And purched long term Shateen founded
important and sand principles.
We believe in giving everyone a full chance to climb the
ladder of opportunity. We believe in fairness -- good jobs to
people who want to work, and fair rewards to people who produce.
we
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my
that
We ve got to keep American business competitive We must
cuttins away excessive red-tape and regulations. We must stop
throwing heavy new burdens on an economy just itching to burst
stet
free. Right now, people who run businesses have to moonlight as
Hoodini. They must serve customers while also trying to escape a
strait-jacket of regulations, red tape, even legal threats.
next,
We need tort reform. Businesses shouldn't spend all their
time hiring lawyers and worrying about lawsuits. They should be
free to think about ways of giving consumers what they want.
third,
We must make good on our commitment to quality education and
job training -- to build a workforce ready and eager to take on
the challenges of the 21st Century.
fouth
And we've got to make sure that American businesses get a
fair chance to compete in every corner of the global marketplace.
We have taken the free trade message to Japan and the European
market. We've won fast-track authority for a North American Free
Trade agreement that will create the largest market on earth --
Canada, America and Mexico.
Democrats want to look for scapegoats and they want to
wallow in the quicksand of protectionism. We tried protectionism
once, and we got the worst economic depression the world has ever
seen. For the rest of our history we followed the call of free
trade -- and we became the mightiest economic power ever.
I cannot believe my ears when I hear Democrats complaining
because I have gone abroad to fight for world peace, to fight for
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American jobs, and to fight for the ideals that make us all proud
to be Americans.
Our long-term strategy will work, and we all know it. But
we also can take some common-sense steps right now to get the
economy rolling. Eight months ago I sent Congress the most
comprehensive banking reform package since the 1930s. No one
doubts that our system is dated and obsolete. But Congress
hasn't done what we need done.
For three years now, I've pushed a dynamic group of growth
incentives: a cut in the capital gains rate, family savings
accounts, a permanent research and development tax credit, IRAs
for first-time homebuyers; enterprise zones. You know the tale:
Democrats complain -- and then don't do a thing.
This inaction comes with a price. I've seen the pain in
people's eyes, and I've felt the anguish that drove many people
to begin letters, "Dear Mr. President. I've never written to you
before, but "
When we wanted to extend a helping hand to unemployed
workers, Democrats dawdled for weeks. They used suffering
workers as political pawns and tried to make political hay out of
the people's anguish.
We Republicans don't think compassion and fairness are
slogans. They're what decent people do -- without prodding by
government.
Let's remember the basics. You don't create jobs by
drafting an industrial policy in which bureaucrats micromanage
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every aspect of our economic lives. You create jobs by giving
people the freedom to work -- and earn fair pay for the sweat of
their brow.
When someone wants to build a business, they don't apply to
George Mitchell and Ted Kennedy. They work. They scrimp. They
save. They meet payrolls and satisfy customers. Entrepreneurs
need our encouragement and support, not demagogic sermons about
class we are warfare. not going do lot the American people forget that
Democrats have controlled the House since 1955, and have
seem
Those
controlled the Senate in all but six of those years.
They
seem
to have forgotten that they work for the people, not the other
way around. As I said in my Inaugural address, Americans didn't
send us here to bicker. They sent us here to act.
Yet the Democrat-dominated Congress has become a Bermuda
Triangle for the initiatives Americans want, and Congressional
Democrats are content to fall back on a veto strategy. They look
at our constructive initiatives, plow them under, then send me
bills that no responsible President can sign. Then, when I do my
job, they complain.
Let me give you a quick snapshot of what Democrats have done
for the American people this year. I sent banking reform
legislation to Congress on March 20 -- 245 days ago. No bill. I
sent crime legislation to Congress 254 days ago. No bill. I
sent energy legislation to Congress 261 days ago. No bill. I
sent transportation to the Hill 280 days ago. No bill. I have
prodded Congress to pass our Educational Excellence Act for two
7
years. Guess what? No bill. We unveiled our America 2000
Education Strategy six months ago. No bill -- even though by
next week 26 states will have enacted their own Year 2000
programs.
The Tired Old Party never seems to have recovered from the
elections of 1980, 1984 and 1988. They continue mounting witch
hunts to tarnish those victories. They just don't get it.
American voters told them over and over and over: We like jobs.
We like prosperity. We like Republicans.
You'd never guess, listening to the mudslingers on the Hill
that the Cold War drew to a close on our watch. The nuclear arms
race drew to a halt on our watch. The specter of global war
vanished on our watch. And the prospect of a new world order
characterized by peace, prosperity and cooperation arose on our
watch. Democrat leaders don't like that record, so they try to
change the subject. Well, I'm proud of my record.
Most Liberals never met a defense cut they didn't like. But
while they called us warmongers, we built the strong defenses
that have created a new era of peace. Just remember what Liberal
Democrats have proposed over the past 20 years. I can tell you,
if I had followed the advice of liberal Democrats, Saddam
Hussein's army would be camped out in Saudi Arabia today.
Remember who we are and what we have done. Republicans
brought America to the verge of a world united in its support of
democracy, individual liberty and free enterprise -- American
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ideals. While liberal Democrats blamed America first,
Republicans made America first.
So let me ask you: Who do you trust to build a vibrant them
we'll take this message to the American people. We a ask
economy, Republicans or the other party@ Who de they you trust to
they
protect our interests abroad, Republicans or the other party?
our
Who do you trust to keep your streets safe? Who de you trust to
in Short- who they thut
insist on the world's best schools? Who do you trust to make
sure that the 21st Century will be the Next American Century?
what their answer will be=
I'll tell you Republicans.
Three years ago I talked about making America a kinder,
gentler nation. I still believe in that goal. But we cannot be
kind to those who want to see political benefit in doing nothing
to reform education, nothing to strike at the root causes of
crime, nothing to ignite the economy, nothing on energy, nothing
on the things that Americans care about.
There's an old Texas saying: Dance with the one who brung
you. Well, our policies have helped bring Americans freedom,
peace and prosperity, the likes of which no civilization has ever
seen. Take this message to America: We don't demagog. We
deliver. We don't posture, we produce. And when times get
tough, no one -- no one -- better defends what this nation stands
for than the Republican party.
So let's stand tall for what we are and what we can do.
We're America's future. Let's elect a Republican Congress next
year. The American people believe in our ideals, our values, and
our abilities. They trust us with the economy. They trust us in
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world affairs. And they trust us with their earnings. So let's
give our voters the America they want -- a nation united in its
ideals of generosity, opportunity, service and greatness.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
# # # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 23, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW, DAN MCGROARTY, BETH HINCHCLIFFE, CURT
SMITH, JOE DUGAN, MARY KATE GRANT & CHRISTINA
MARTIN
FROM:
MEDIA AFFAIRS
Rm. 117
JOHN UNDELAND H
Ext. 2529
RE:
POTUS QUOTES ON DOMESTIC ISSUES
The attached is a compilation of recent POTUS quotes I have
culled from your quills (as well as extemporaneous remarks from
the man himself). Dorrance has requested a longer, more wide-
ranging collection by Monday morning. I will be re-researching
your recent works for additional punchy quotes, but I'd really
appreciate your taking a gander at the topics listed below and
letting me know if any catchy nuggets spring to mind or if you
have ideas on where I might look. Any guidance you could give me
today would be great. Thanks for your help.
- An enumeration of current domestic priorities (as
opposed to domestic achievements)
- America 2000 & school choice
- Civil rights
- Children's issues
- Environment
- Housing & Kempian anti-poverty ideas
- Economy
- Banking reform & credit crunch
- Unemployment & Dole substitute
- Drugs
- Crime
- Health Care
PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES ON
THE DOMESTIC AGENDA AND CONGRESSIONAL INACTION
"When people say that we have no domestic agenda, they simply have not seen the facts.
We have a good forward-looking agenda. Congressional leaders just won't act on it."
.. AP Managing Editors Teleconference, October 17
"Our Administration's domestic philosophy really starts with a fundamental truth, and
that's that the true power and potential in this land rests with the hands of the people
The problem is too often Congress simply refuses to act."
-- Larry Hopkins for Kentucky Governor Dinner, October 2
"We have launched a domestic agenda. to achieve growth and opportunity and progress.
Let me just cite some accomplishments: Child care: Our Administration pushed for --
and got -- legislation that has dramatically increased child care assistance to parents in
this country, giving the parents a choice as to where they want their kids taken care of
when they need child care. Next, clean air: We pushed for -- and got -- pioneering
legislation to combat acid rain and toxic air pollutants. Also last year we pushed for --
and got -- the first landmark civil rights legislation for people with disabilities the
Americans with Disabilities Act. These bills represent an Administration which believes
that government should serve the people -- not the other way around."
-- Buddy Roemer for Louisiana Governor Fundraiser, September 30
"The capital gains tax is a tax on the American dream. And nevertheless, in three years
congressional leaders have not permitted one single up or down vote on our capital gains
proposals. If they were convinced that this is a tax break for the rich and would be
unpopular across the country, they ought to at least let it come to a vote."
AP Managing Editors Teleconference, October 17
"I'm concerned about the unemployed and I'm concerned about those families in
America that are having difficulty making ends meet. And what we don't need to do is
get this deficit higher and, thus, put the burden on the back of the middle class or lower-
middle class, people that have jobs and are barely making ends meet. So I want a good
unemployment compensation bill, but I want one that is not going to bust the budget
agreement."
-- Remarks to the travel pool, October 13
"When it comes to removing. obstacles before prosecutors and investigators. time and
again, Congress slumps into inaction. I firmly believe that lawmakers must do everything
in their power to support our law enforcement officials. Our crime bill. supports
our
men and women on the front line."
- VANPAC Task Force Awards Ceremony, October 16
"We want a [transportation] bill that works. We don't want a bill that paves America
with special projects, with pork. We want a transportation system that spends our money
effectively, one that truly addresses national needs. We don't want one that simply
furthers political careers by spending money on hundreds of special interest projects. We
want a good transportation bill."
-- Green Line/I-105 Event, September 19
"I'm a little tired of hearing Democrats say we have no domestic agenda. The problem is
their domestic agenda is to crush our domestic agenda. They're doing nothing but griping
-- refusing to consider the new ideas and sending me a bunch of garbage I will not sign.
I'll continue to veto the bad stuff until we get good bills."
-- New Jersey GOP Fundraiser, September 24
Apr. 9 / Administration of George Bush, 1991
should be finally decreed. But I think we're
pleasure to, as Bob says, talk to a group that
going to win it.
the United State
stands for success-a group that admits only
Ambassador Brock. So do I.
medium-sized companies that thrive in the
cent, more than
Q. Mr. President, can Iraq be persuaded
marketplace. But I've got to tell you, I feel
growth. And ex
to accept the refugees
a little funny being here. After all, I'm the
more rapidly that
The President. It doesn't have anything to
This trade boom
CEO now of an outfit that's lost money for
do with Fast Track. I want to talk about
volved. A North
33 of the last 35 years. [Laughter]
Fast Track today, and we'll have no more
ment would place
But in keeping with today's theme—
ed market on Ea
press conferences today because as I men-
charting economic growth in the nineties—
trillion of annual
tioned to an earlier group we've had four in
I'd like to talk about our administration's
the last 3 days, and that's unfair to the
our neighbors a
plan for generating more American success
press. [Laughter] Maybe four in the last 4
and products th.
stories like your own. Our recent success in
their standards ol
days-something like that.
the Gulf has renewed Americans' belief in
environments, an
themselves. In just the past couple of
of nations on our
Note: The President spoke at 1:21 p.m. in
months, consumer confidence has soared.
We also belie
the Cabinet Room at the White House. In
And the stock market, of course, has been
trade. I have ask
his remarks, he referred to William E.
climbing toward that 3,000 mark. Most
a governmentwid
Brock and Robert S. Strauss, former U.S.
economists predict that the recession soon
medium-sized cc
Trade Representatives; Dan Rostenkowski,
will give way to a new cycle of growth.
and services abr
chairman of the House Ways and Means
And, incidentally, we agree with that assess-
free trade, which
Committee; George J. Mitchell, Senate
ment, inside.
in persuading C
Democratic leader; and Thomas S. Foley,
But we can't rest on our laurels. There's
Track process. W
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
an entire world of competition out there.
our chance to s}
The administration's economic growth
economy. Withou
package is designed to let people like you
kind of protecti
do what you do best-create jobs, create
produce the Gre:
Remarks at a Meeting of the American
new opportunities, create wealth.
American worke
Business Conference
Let's start with an issue that we all have
able to demonstr.
April 9, 1991
to address in the next month. And I think
and vibrant work
Bob just talked about it; Jim has been par-
Let me say th:
Thank you very, very much. And, Bob,
ticipating in a meeting with me in the Cabi-
Fast Track proce
thank you, sir, for that introduction and for
net Room at the White House about it-I'm
nonpartisan man
letting this distinguished group use this
talking about the issue of free and fair
ers, several of th
meeting room today. It's always a pleasure
trade. As you know, I have asked Congress
are as enthusiasti
to be back here. Let me also salute the
to extend the Fast Track trade authority.
thority granting
ABC's leader, Jim Jones. What a job he's
Fast Track, in my view, is another term
proaching it stric
doing. But I remember his effectiveness in
for good faith. It guarantees that Congress
it is best for the
the leadership role in the Congress, and I'm
will accept or reject the very same agree-
And I also know
glad that those energies that he has are
ments that our negotiators and their coun-
ing partners as W
being used and shared by all of you. We
terparts have worked out. And this doesn't
This brings me
have many distinguished visitors with us
weaken the Congress' power to review
our growth pack
today, and I won't single them out. I was
agreements; it simply prevents 11th-hour
innovative work
told that Bill Seidman and Richard Breedon
changes that would force negotiators from
sizes the importa
were here. But as I look around, unless
all countries to start over-to start from
that is ready to I
they're basking way back in anonymity
scratch.
ing world econo
somewhere, they may not have made it.
Our trading partners consider Fast Track
necessity of an e(
But in any event, I'm delighted to see
a vital test of our reliability. And if we do
reinvent the An
this group. Great to talk to the American
not retain the Fast Track process, we jeop-
nation of student
Business Conference. We did a little home-
ardize three critical foreign trade initia-
tion offers oppor
work on this, and I've been here four times
tives: the Uruguay round of trade talks, the
Our education
in recent years. And then, of course, we're
North American free trade agreement, and
very obvious tn
privileged to have two of your own with us
the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative.
when teachers to
in the administration, Bob Mosbacher and
Americans understand the benefits of
the schools; whe
Arthur Levitt. And it's an honor and a
free trade. In the last 4 years, exports from
people with skill-
nity colleges, th
412
Administration of George Bush, 1991 / Apr. 9
ik to a group that
the United States have increased 55 per-
talent, our retirees; when communities fight
that admits only
cent, more than twice the rate of import
harder to rip down barriers that prevent
hat thrive in the
growth. And export business has grown
effective teaching-barriers such as crimes
to tell you, I feel
more rapidly than the rest of our economy.
and drugs and community indifference.
After all, I'm the
This trade boom has helped everyone in-
And we also want to encourage entrepre-
s lost money for
volved. A North American free trade agree-
neurship in education. We will support re-
'ghter]
ment would place us in the largest integrat-
search into the best teaching methods and
today's theme-
ed market on Earth: 360 million people, $6
techniques. We want to help workers im-
in the nineties-
trillion of annual output. It would also give
prove their knowledge and skills. Your Vital
administration's
our neighbors access to the technologies
Link program offers a great way to achieve
American success
and products that they need to improve
this goal. And we want to ensure that the
recent success in
their standards of living, further clean their
American people are the best educated,
ericans' belief in
environments, and create a true community
best motivated in the entire world.
past couple of
of nations on our continent.
Our economic proposals also sweep away
nce has soared.
We also believe strongly in promoting
obstacles to free enterprise. What we're
course, has been
trade. I have asked Bob Mosbacher to lead
trying to do-we're trying to unleash the
00 mark. Most
a governmentwide effort to help small- and
power of American imagination.
recession soon
medium-sized companies sell their goods
ycle of growth.
and services abroad. I know you support
Your organization understands, I'd say
with that assess-
free trade, which is why I want to help you
better than most, that runaway government
in persuading Congress to extend the Fast
spending steals opportunity from private
Track process. Without it, we will surrender
citizens. Last year's budget agreement-
laurels. There's
our chance to shape the emerging world
controversial though it was-placed real
ition out there.
economy. Without it, we risk setting off the
and stringent caps on congressional spend-
nomic growth
people like you
kind of protectionist warfare that helped
ing. If Congress wants to spend money now,
ate jobs, create
produce the Great Depression. And with it,
more money on certain programs, it'll have
ealth.
American workers and businesses will be
to make the hard choices. It'll have to raise
able to demonstrate their strength in a new
taxes or take the money from other pro-
hat we all have
and vibrant world market.
grams.
th. And I think
Let me say that we are approaching this
This year, for the first time in years, Fed-
1 has been par-
me in the Cabi-
Fast Track process on the Hill in a totally
eral spending will actually increase less rap-
nonpartisan manner. The Democratic lead-
idly than the inflation. And I can promise
se about it-I'm
free and fair
ers, several of the key Democratic leaders,
you that if Congress sends me these spend-
are as enthusiastic about this Fast Track au-
ing bills that break this budget, I will send
asked Congress
rade authority.
thority granting as I am. And we're ap-
them back, with a veto message.
proaching it strictly because we believe that
But there's lots more to do. We in gov-
S another term
it is best for the United States of America.
ernment must do more. As vice president, I
that Congress
And I also know that it's good for our trad-
headed the Task Force on Regulatory
ry same agree-
and their coun-
ing partners as well.
Relief. And as President, I remain commit-
This brings me, then, to a second part of
ted to weeding out regulations that prevent
nd this doesn't
our growth package: creating an educated,
people from creating jobs and opportuni-
ver to review
innovative work force. Our budget empha-
ties. I see some know what over-regulation
ents 11th-hour
sizes the importance of building an America
means. [Laughter] But we're going to con-
gotiators from
-to start from
that is ready to take its place in an emerg-
tinue to do this, and we must. Last year
ing world economy. It stresses the absolute
regulations-here's why-last year regula-
necessity of an educated nation. We want to
tions cost the economy at least $185 billion,
der Fast Track
reinvent the American school, to create a
or $1,700 for every taxpayer. The Govern-
And if we do
nation of students, to make sure that educa-
ment generated more than 5.3 billion hours
ocess, we jeop-
tion offers opportunity to everyone.
of paperwork last year. And that's enough
1 trade initia-
Our education strategy starts with some
to keep 2 million people busy doing nothing
rade talks, the
very obvious truths: that schools succeed
but filling out forms.
greement, and
when teachers teach; when parents support
Our Council on Competitiveness; as
icas Initiative.
the schools; when schools accept help from
chaired by Vice President Quayle, attacks
e benefits of
people with skills-local businesses, commu-
the scourge of unnecessary regulation. We
exports from
nity colleges, that huge pool of untapped
want to let people turn their attention to
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Cap Gains
Apr. 9 / Administration of George Bush, 1991
communism in
the more important and rewarding work of
dream. And similarly, we should foster inno-
During the 198
building a prosperous future. We've fol-
vation wherever we can.
learned that no
lowed the same approach in looking at our
Our budget advocates increased Federal
powerful ideas.
Tax Code. We want a tax system that re-
support for R&D, for research and develop-
our vitality. It S:
wards enterprise. I have repeatedly asked
ment, in basic and applied science. It also
The prosperity
the United States Congress to cut our high
encourages private-sector innovation by ex-
with tax cuts an
capital gains tax. And I can't think of any
tending the research and experimentation
United States, tr:
issue that's been more badly misrepresent-
tax credit. Our administration understands
Our challenge n
ed than this one. Our critics say that a cap-
the power of knowledge, and we want the
tion that we star
ital gains cut helps only the rich. And in my
Tax Code to reward people who turn their
ry the next Ame
view, they are dead wrong.
big dreams into revolutionary new goods
And so, I ask
Here are the facts on it. More than a
and services.
Together, with
quarter of all families who file capital gains
And finally, this administration believes
tively with gover
have annual incomes of less than $20,000 a
in protecting workers' earnings and savings.
Thank you all
year. More than three-quarters of all fami-
Our banking reform proposals-they try to
Washington. Ano
lies who declared make less than Members
modernize the laws that affect our banking
country.
of Congress. A capital gains cut isn't a sop
system. Let's face it: 1930's regulations and
to the rich. It rewards people who turn
restrictions don't cut it in the 1990's.
Note: The Presia
good ideas into goods and services-goods
To pick just one example, under our cur-
the Great Hall 6
and services that people need.
rent laws, a California bank can open a
merce. In his rel
When taxes on entrepreneurship are
branch in Birmingham, England, but not in
tary of Commer
high, investors have no incentive to risk
Birmingham, Alabama. Think of the bank-
William Seidma
money on untried businesses and entrepre-
ing system as an irrigation network for the
Deposit Insuran
neurs. Before Congress cut the capital gains
economy. When it works properly, it nour-
Breedon, Chairn
rate in 1978, the pool for start-up businesses
ishes the seeds of economic growth. And
Exchange Comn
had virtually dried up. And after the cut,
when it doesn't, companies like the ones
nominated to be
we experienced an investment boom. Be-
represented here can wither and die. Our
Base Closure an
tween 1978 and 1986, the number of initial
reform package tries in a very comprehen-
and former ch
public offerings increased nearly 1600 per-
sive way to make our banking system more
Stock Exchange.
cent, from 45 to 719. The amount of invest-
competitive, up to date, safe and sound.
ment seed money increased nearly a hun-
We also believe in protecting retirees
dredfold, from $250 million to $22.5 billion.
from undue hardship. Eight years ago, Con-
Capital gains payments to the Federal Gov-
gress adopted measures to guarantee the
ernment quadrupled. This is what happens
short-term solvency and long-term stability
Remarks at the
when you reduce the cost of capital.
of the Social Security system. Congress
for the Nationa
We must encourage savings and discour-
should resist any temptation to undermine
Award in Slane
age debt. And for the past 4 years we've
that stability by permitting raids on the
April 10, 1991
taxed capital gains like any other form of
trust fund balances. We need to honor our
income. And at the same time, we have
promises to the workers and retirees. I
The Presiden
encouraged people to take on debt. Not sur-
know we've got a fight on this one. But I
Kids, it's great
prisingly, people have borrowed more and
believe we're going to prevail.
ought to be ver
invested less. Home equity lines of credit
I know I have covered a lot of ground,
cause you don't
offer a perfect example. These devices,
touching on a lot of different issues here,
ing hard, you St
which let homeowners borrow against their
but I wanted to make a point. Our growth
who handled th
increased home values, have nearly tripled
package addresses the challenges posed by
plex visit like th
in volume since tax reform.
a new, exciting, rapidly changing world.
ning express my
No other major industrial power taxes
Our themes: We want to promote growth.
we promise to le
capital gains at nearly the rate we do. Ger-
We want to create jobs for all Americans.
can get back to
many and Japan enjoy much higher savings
We want to unleash the power of American
of our country.
and investment rates in part because they
imagination. We want to ignite people's am-
I want to tha
don't punish successful investment.
bitions, rather than inciting their fears.
his remarks, for
My point is simple: Taxes on growth are
Many people call the 20th century the
you for this W
taxes on the American dream. We should
American century. Well, we shouldn't be
good to see the
clear away obstacles to the American
content with that. The stunning collapse of
414
Administration of George Bush, 1991 / Apr. 10
communism in 1989 was no accident.
a friend of education, Governor Caperton,
hould foster inno-
During the 1980's, the Communist world
who you met earlier.
learned that no wall, no barrier can fend off
I'm told that a former Member of Con-
ncreased Federal
powerful ideas. It saw our prosperity and
gress, Harley Staggers, is here. I'm not fo-
rch and develop-
our vitality. It saw that our way is better.
cusing too well from up here, but if he-
d science. It also
The prosperity of the 1980's, which began
they're pointing out here. But anyway-
innovation by ex-
with tax cuts and progrowth policies in the
way back over there. But Harley, nice to
experimentation
United States, transformed the entire world.
see you, sir-a man that served his State
tion understands
Our challenge now is to shape the revolu-
with great distinction. I want to single out
and we want the
tion that we started to make the 21st centu-
Commissioner Benedict and Superintend-
e who turn their
ry the next American Century.
ent Marockie; John Quam, the director of
nary new goods
And so, I ask your help in that quest.
the National Teacher of the Year Program;
Together, with business working coopera-
and of course, your own principal-and now
istration believes
tively with government, we cannot fail.
that I feel a part of this school, our own
ings and savings.
Thank you all very much for coming to
principal-Gary Kidwell.
sals-they try to
Washington. And may God bless our great
Let me say that I'm especially pleased, on
fect our banking
country.
this whole broad national education front,
S regulations and
to be side-by-side with Lamar Alexander-a
le 1990's.
Note: The President spoke at 2:07 p.m. in
former Governor, a man that is committed,
; under our cur-
the Great Hall at the Department of Com-
a former head of a great university system,
ink can open a
merce. In his remarks, he referred to Secre-
now our Secretary of Education-a man
gland, but not in
tary of Commerce Robert A. Mosbacher; L.
who has made it his mission, his sacred mis-
nk of the bank-
William Seidman, Chairman of the Federal
sion, to join with the teachers of this school
network for the
Deposit Insurance Corporation; Richard
and others all across this country to make
roperly, it nour-
Breedon, Chairman of the Securities and
America's schools second to none. And very
nic growth. And
Exchange Commission; and Arthur Levitt,
soon, back in Washington, we are going to
es like the ones
nominated to be a member of the Defense
unveil our National Education Strategy. It's
er and die. Our
Base Closure and Realignment Commission
a long-term strategy to make America all
ery comprehen-
and former chairman of the American
that it can be-to spark a nationwide move-
ing system more
Stock Exchange.
: and sound.
ment that touches every school and every
student in America.
tecting retirees
years ago, Con-
But today I want to focus on the fact that,
guarantee the
in the end, everything we try to do in edu-
ng-term stability
Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony
cation comes down to teaching and learn-
stem. Congress
for the National Teacher of the Year
ing, to each teacher and each student in our
n to undermine
Award in Slanesville, West Virginia
classrooms. There's no better way to make
g raids on the
April 10, 1991
that point than to come here to honor
ed to honor our
someone Slanesville knows so well, the 1991
and retirees. I
The President. Well, please be seated.
National Teacher of the Year, Rae Ellen
this one. But I
Kids, it's great to be with you. And you
McKee.
il.
ought to be very happy that I'm here be-
You know, the last time I went to a
lot of ground,
cause you don't have to be in school work-
school, it was just a few miles away from
ent issues here,
ing hard, you see. [Laughter] To all those
the White House, and I had a third-grade
int. Our growth
who handled the arrangements for a com-
kid, a boy ask me to prove that I was the
enges posed by
plex visit like this, let me at the very begin-
President. [Laughter] I finally showed him
hanging world.
ning express my sincere thanks to you, and
my American Express card. [Laughter] And
romote growth.
we promise to leave right on time so things
this time I came prepared, though. I
all Americans.
can get back to normal in this beautiful part
brought the Secretary of Education so there
ver of American
of our country.
can be no doubt. And then I flew down
ite people's am-
I want to thank Secretary Alexander for
here on Marine One. And third, when
heir fears.
his remarks, for his kind words. Thank all of
we're done here, just to prove it, I'm going
th century the
you for this West Virginia welcome. It's
to take Mrs. McKee back up to the White
e shouldn't be
good to see the Governor of this State here,
House with me.
ning collapse of
415
Administration of George Bush, 1991 / June 12
Services,
been
people of the United States to observe this
kins University (M.A., 1967). He was born
That
week with appropriate programs and activi-
March 3, 1943, in Quito, Ecuador. Ambassa-
6,000
ties.
dor Ross is married and resides in Algiers,
AIDS
is
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set
Algeria.
of
death
my hand this twelfth day of June, in the
of
one
year of our Lord nineteen hundred and
Nomination of Jeffrey C. Martin To Be
during
the
ninety-one, and of the Independence of the
General Counsel at the Department of
an
even
United States of America the two hundred
Education
chil-
and fifteenth.
June 12, 1991
George Bush
the
human
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Regis-
The President today announced his inten-
transmit
ter, 10:57 a.m., June 13, 1991]
tion to nominate Jeffrey C. Martin, of Ten-
pregnancy
nessee, to be General Counsel of the De-
percent
of
Nomination of Christopher W.S. Ross
partment of Education. He would succeed
from
per-
To Be United States Ambassador to
Edward C. Stringer.
for
HIV-
Syria
Currently, Mr. Martin serves as a consult-
of these
June 12, 1991
ant to the Secretary at the Department of
first year,
Education in Washington, DC. Prior to this,
by
the
The President today announced his inten-
Mr. Martin served with the law firm of Shea
median
sur-
tion to nominate Christopher W.S. Ross, of
& Gardner as a partner, 1985-1991; as an
nonths,
and
California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary
associate, 1980-1985; and as an associate
ho are diag-
and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
with Barnes Hickman, Pantzer & Boyd,
year of life.
1979-1980. From 1978 to 1979, Mr. Martin
America to the Syrian Arab Republic. He
number
of
served as a law clerk to the Honorable
would succeed Edward P. Djerejian.
or Hispan-
Spottswood W. Robinson III, U.S. Court of
Since 1988 Ambassador Ross has served
city;
many
Appeals for the District of Columbia Cir-
as the U.S. Ambassador to the Democratic
for
their
cuit.
and Popular Republic of Algeria. Prior to
Mr. Martin graduated from Indiana Uni-
against
this, Ambassador Ross served at the Depart-
versity (B.A., 1975) and the University of
Institutes
ment of State as Executive Assistant to the
Chicago Law School (J.D., 1978). Mr. Martin
to prevent
Under Secretary for Political Affairs, 1985-
was born December 5, 1953, in Columbus,
from mother
1988, and as Director of Regional Affairs at
OH. He is married, has two children, and
igating ways
the Bureau of Near Eastern and South
resides in Silver Spring, MD.
abies at the
Asian Affairs, 1984-1985. Ambassador Ross
Federal
Gov-
served as special assistant to the special
Presidential envoys to Lebanon, the Middle
Remarks on the Administration's
organizations
also
work-
East, and Tel Aviv, 1982-1984; at the De-
Domestic Policy
public about
partment of State as a public affairs adviser
June 12, 1991
ehaviors that
at the Bureau of Near Eastern and South
Thank you all very much. Thank you, but
Idren at risk.
Asian Affairs, 1981-1982; and as Deputy
don't give up your daytime work. [Laugh-
of
pediatric
Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Al-
ter]
Joint Resolu-
giers, Algeria, 1979-1981. Ambassador Ross
Thank you all, and good evening. Mem-
of June 10
served with the U.S. Information Agency in
bers of our Cabinet here, Governor Camp-
ediatric AIDS
several capacities: public affairs officer in
bell and Governor Mike Castle. Honored
and
re-
Algiers, Algeria, 1976-1979; information of-
guests. Dr. Benjamin Payton, and old
a
proclama-
ficer in Beirut, Lebanon, 1973-1976; branch
friend, the President of Tuskegee Universi-
public affairs officer in Fez, Morocco, 1970-
ty who brings a lifelong commitment to our
Bush,
Presi
1973; junior officer trainee in Tripoli, Libya,
historically black colleges and universities,
America 00
1969-1970; and public affairs trainee in
welcome. Drew Batavia, winner of the 1988
of
June
10
Washington, DC, 1968-1969. Ambassador
Distinguished Disabled American Award,
ediatric
ADS
Ross entered the U.S. Information Agency
welcome to you, sir. To Robert Egger,
health
organi-
in 1968.
founder of the D.C. Central Kitchen, and
media,
and
the
Ambassador Ross graduated from Prince-
the 60 other Points of Light who are here
ton University (A.B., 1965) and Johns Hop-
tonight, your work inspires this nation.
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June 12 / Administration of George Bush, 1991
I believe th
Mayor Hackett, of Memphis, is with us; at least eight broad domestic issues, all
Mayor Myric, of Charlotte; County Commis-
within 5 months. And I thought 100 days
tonight, under
sioner Klinger, good to see you all again.
was fairly reasonable. And I wasn't asking
magnificent V
And I see Paul O'Neill over here, the chair-
the Congress to deliver a hot pizza in less
derstand this
man of ALCOA, a dedicated advocate for
than 30 minutes. [Laughter] That would be
traordinary A
educational excellence. And to the rest of
revolutionary for a Congress. I only asked
sands of other
this extraordinary gathering-leaders of
for two pieces of legislation in 100 days. It's
of the Ameri
businesses and veterans groups, associations,
now clear that neither will be on my desk
you and with
volunteer organizations, education partner-
by Friday.
most pressing
ships, those who are working for home own-
transform Am
And, look, I'm disappointed, but, frankly,
ership-all those who make America the
I'm not surprised. Tonight I'd like to put
good commun
land of opportunity, welcome to the White
Americans can
this all in-try to put it in some perspective.
House.
I haven't asked you here to sit through a
A great na
I might add that also with us is Anthony
litany of programs and policies. We have a
honest about
Henderson-I don't see him-there he is
long list of legislative priorities already
forget it-we
right there, my man-Anthony Henderson
before the Congress, awaiting congressional
that absolutely
is a youngster from Barcroft Elementary
action. I won't repeat that list here tonight.
We are in
School across the river there in Arlington.
But rather, I'd like to do something differ-
powerful forc
You may remember that when I visited his
ent and describe to you how I personally
growth. Still,
class, Anthony's the one who asked me to
see the shared strength and promise of
these enormo
prove that I was the President of the
America.
cans are livin
United States. And here he is-[laughter]-I
It is hard for the American people to un-
long shot. Ma
had to show him my driver's license and my
derstand, frankly, why a bill to fight crime
There are
credit card. [Laughter] Anthony, do you be-
lieve me now? All okay, all right. And wel-
cannot be acted on in 100 days; or why
poor and the
come. I'm just delighted you're here.
Congress can't pass a highway bill in 100
hopeless, ma
Over the past 30 months, this world has
days. But, look, if it can't be done, if 100
There are AI
changed at a dramatic pace. America has
days isn't enough, let me just ask this rhe-
dragged dow
been called upon to meet one challenge
torical question: How many days are?
lies, the te
These are important issues, and there are
cope. Then
after another. And meet them we did-
each and every one of them. From Eastern
many, many others. And most Americans
troubled and
Europe, to Panama, to the Persian Gulf, our
believe fear of crime and violence threatens
pace of chang
our most basic freedoms and denies us op-
For many
country stands as a strong champion of free-
dom.
portunity. They also believe that we must
country, as I
Ninety-eight days ago, I asked the Con-
invest in our future to provide an infra-
part of my jo
gress to tackle the urgent problems on the
structure for those who come along after us.
part-is goin
homefront with that same energy that we
So they don't understand-the American
big cities, ai
people don't understand the complications
hoods and
dedicated to tackling the crisis on the bat-
tlefront. I spelled out my domestic prior-
and the inaction and the bickering-par-
places where
ities-setting out, I'll admit, an ambitious
ticularly when so many do understand what
right about
agenda founded upon enhancing economic
it takes to solve problems in their own
wrong, too.
growth, investing in our future, and increas-
neighborhoods: commitment, compassion,
The state
ing opportunity for all Americans. I sent to
and courage.
communities
the Congress literally hundreds of recom-
I cannot fully explain this inaction to the
our nation V
mendations for legislative change. Then I
American people. As I said, I'm disappoint-
nation of W
specifically asked that Congress pass just
ed, but not surprised. But I can say this as
good commu
two laws in 100 days-a comprehensive an-
partial consolation: America's problem-solv-
good.
ticrime bill and a transportation bill.
ing does not begin or end with the Con-
What defi
Now, you've heard a lot about that lately,
gress-nor with the White House.
is one that
but this kind of challenge is not new. Presi-
Yes, it would help if Congress would do
people by
dents as different as Johnson and Ford have
what people are asking of them. And I'll
good habits
a history of encouraging the Congress to
keep working with the Congress-my hand
ty that pro'
meet a deadline. In fact, Lyndon Johnson,
remains extended. But we cannot let Con-
that spark
in his State of the Union Address in January
gress discourage or deter us from meeting
Next, there
of 1964, challenged the Congress to act on
our responsibilities.
rooted in tl
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Administration of George Bush, 1991 / June 12
stic issues, all
I believe that the people gathered here
for achievement. Fourth, it's where people
ught 100 days
tonight, under the twilight shadow of our
care about their health and their environ-
I wasn't asking
magnificent Washington's Monument, un-
ment-and where a sense of well-being and
ot pizza in less
derstand this better than most. You are ex-
belonging is nurtured. And finally, all of its
That would be
traordinary Americans, representing thou-
neighborhoods are decent and safe.
S. I only asked
sands of others. You bring to life the genius
Because millions of Americans have
in 100 days. It's
of the American spirit. And it is through
chosen to lead the way, these are not
be on my desk
you and with you that we can solve our
simply dreams. Thousands of whole and
most pressing problems. Together we can
good communities already flourish in Amer-
d, but, frankly,
transform America, and create whole and
ica-communities where ordinary people
I'd like to put
good communities everywhere. Tonight, all
have achieved the American Dream. We
ne perspective.
Americans can help lead the way.
should never in our anguish lose sight of
sit through a
A great nation has the courage to be
that. America is the most productive, pros-
ies. We have a
honest about itself. And we are-let's never
perous, enlightened nation on Earth-a
orities already
forget it-we are a great nation. I believe
nation that can do anything. And we can do
g congressional
that absolutely, as do you.
even better.
st here tonight.
We are indisputably the world's most
We should be confident as a country
mething differ-
powerful force for freedom and economic
about what lies ahead. America has a track
W I personally
growth. Still, no one can deny that we have
record of success-success shaped with our
nd promise of
these enormous challenges. Not all Ameri-
own hands. Sometimes in our impatience,
cans are living the American Dream by a
yes, we've made mistakes-but when we
1 people to un-
long shot. Many can't even imagine it.
do, we dust ourselves off and go at it again.
to fight crime
There are impoverished Americans, the
Every American should take pride in this
days; or why
poor and the homeless, the hungry and the
country's fundamental goodness-decency.
ay bill in 100
hopeless, many unable to read and write.
Each of us must resolve in our own hearts
e done, if 100
There are Americans gone astray, the kids
that for all the good we've done, it's time to
st ask this rhe-
dragged down by drugs, the shattered fami-
do better-much, much better.
ays are?
lies, the teenage mothers struggling to
Conventional wisdom in our day once
and there are
cope. Then there are Americans uneasy,
held that all solutions were in the hands of
ost Americans
troubled and bewildered by the dizzying
government-call in the best and the
ence threatens
pace of change.
brightest, hand over the keys to the nation-
denies us op-
For many years I've crisscrossed this
al treasury. Bigger government was better
that we must
country, as many here have. As President,
government: compassion was measured in
vide an infra-
part of my job-and it really is an exciting
along after us.
part-is going to the small towns and the
dollars and cents, progress by price tag. We
tried that course. As we ended the '70s, our
the American
big cities, and the schools, the neighbor-
hoods and the factories—those are the
economy strangling on inflation, soaring in-
complications
ickering-par-
places where you discover what's good and
terest rates and unemployment, America
derstand what
right about our country-and what's going
turned away from government as "the
answer."
in their own
wrong, too.
The state of our nation is the state of our
So, conventional wisdom then turned to
compassion,
communities. As our communities flourish,
the genius of the free market. We began a
naction to the
our nation will flourish. So we must seek a
decade of exceptional economic growth-
'm disappoint-
nation of whole communities, a nation of
and created 20 million new jobs. And yet,
an say this as
good communities-an America, whole and
let's face it, many of our streets are still not
problem-solv-
good.
safe, our schools have lost their edge, and
with the Con-
What defines such a community? First, it
millions-millions still trudge the path of
use.
is one that cares for the needs of its young
poverty. There is more to be done, and the
ress would do
people by building character-values and
marketplace alone can't solve all our prob-
hem. And I'll
good habits for life. Second, it's a communi-
lems.
ess-my hand
ty that provides excellent schools-schools
Is the harsh lesson that there must always
nnot let Con-
that spark a life-long interest in learning.
be those who are left behind? America
from meeting
Next, there is opportunity and hope-
must have but one answer, and that answer
rooted in the dignity of work and reward
is, no. There is a better way, one that com-
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June 12 / Administration of George Bush, 1991
bines our efforts-those of a government
Start graduates. Now she teaches preschool-
station counsels to
properly defined, the marketplace properly
ers in that same marvelous program. Her
phone lonely hc
understood, and services to others properly
success is why we expanded Head Start by
senior citizens a
engaged. This is the only way-all three of
almost three-quarters of a billion dollars.
points of light sho
these-to an America whole and good.
And last year I signed our child care bill to
lives truly matter.
It requires all three forces of our national
expand parents' choices in caring for their
Government an
life. First, it requires the power of the free
children.
Points of Light,
market; second, a competent, compassion-
And we fought for a Clean Air Act that
problems. And th
ate government; and third, the ethic of
puts the free market in the service of the
tee the next A
serving others, including what I call the
environment-and we won that one. And
person, every bus
Points of Light. These three powerful forces
the Americans with Disabilities Act, the
our associations,
create the conditions for communities to be
most important civil rights bill in decades,
worship-we all }
whole and free-and it's time that we har-
has brought new dignity and opportunity to
And only then
nessed all three of them.
our nation's disabled. Disability leaders like
think and act ane
In our complex democracy, power is frag-
Justin Dart and Sandy Parrino and Evan
must understand
mented. And that can be frustrating. But on
balance it's for the good. And power tends
Kemp were right here, right on this plat-
ures of the past a
form when I signed it, and they're with us
future in America
to move toward those who serve the great-
tonight.
You people gat
er good: entrepreneurs like John Bryant, a
young self-starter who has built a multimil-
Jack Kemp and I stood with Ramona
sent those who
lion-dollar enterprise and now helps rebuild
Younger across the river in Charles Hous-
out and I see S
inner-city Los Angeles; caring individuals
ton Community Center, over there in Alex-
faces-the stren
andria. And if the Congress enacts our
commitment. Yo
like Mack Stolarski, a retired carpenter who
HOPE Initiative-H-O-P-E-these public
of Americans wh
now helps his student apprentices repair
homes for the poor and disabled.
housing tenants can become America's
greater good. A
And because of the power of the free
newest home owners. Dewey Stokes here,
brought me int
market, what so much of the world can
President of the Fraternal Order of Police,
neighborhoods a
only imagine, we take for granted: abun-
wants to help make our neighborhoods
churches.
And last year
dant food on the shelves of our supermar-
safer, and that's why he supports our crime
kets, quality products at our shopping cen-
bill. And if we get a civil rights bill-and I
claimed crack h
ters. Nothing beats the free market at gen-
want one-like the one I sent to Congress,
Brooks, the lead
erating jobs and income and wealth and a
we will take an important step against dis-
And I learned m
crimination in the workplace.
crime in 2 hour
better quality of life.
The good news in communities is that the
This is not big government-this is good
news.
Another day
free market is now applying its resources
government.
here in DC, and
and know-how to our social problems. Many
And finally, along with the forces of the
free market and the government, we must
my arms, the ch
companies, recognizing that tomorrow's
the remarkable
workers are today's students, are leaders of
add this ethic of voluntary service-we call
one of you coul
a revolution in American education-part-
it Points of Light. This is not a phrase about
remarkable ded
ners in the exciting America 2000 strategy.
charity. It's about the light that is within us
rescued these b
Others are crusaders for environmental pro-
all, in our hearts. A light that brightens the
America needs t
tection, while still others are innovators
lives of others and makes whole the lives of
Just a few mo
from health care to child care.
those who shine it. I love Randy Travis'
little West Virg
Transforming America requires not only
new song. It says, "a ray of hope in the
Slanesville. The
the power of the free market, but also a
darkest hour".
Year teaches re
dynamic government. To be the enlight-
Points of light is a call to every American
her name is R:
ened instrument of the people-the govern-
to serve another in need. But no one of us
ment of Jefferson and Lincoln and Roose-
here tonight. A1
can solve big problems like poverty or drug
velt, and the embodiment of their vision-it
abuse all by ourselves. Only the combined
opportunity to
God for our tea
must truly be a force for good.
light from every school, every business,
I believe in this kind of government-a
And just yest
place of worship, club, group, organization
Alexander, the
government of compassion and compe-
in every community can dissolve the dark-
tence. And I believe in backing it up with
and I spoke be
ness.
action. Here tonight, for example, is Mrs.
the James H. C
Whether a company holds an after-hours
Lauren Jackson-Floyd, one of the first Head
Sussex County.
literacy program for its workers, a police
the Governor,
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Administration of George Bush, 1991 / June 13
ches preschool-
station counsels tough kids, or third-graders
the class to join us tonight. And I went
S program. Her
phone lonely homebound citizens-these
there with the Governor and the Secretary
1 Head Start by
senior citizens assigned to their rooms-
to honor these men and women who had
billion dollars.
points of light show those in need that their
the courage to go back to school and get
hild care bill to
lives truly matter.
their diplomas. And they honored us by
caring for their
Government and the market, joined with
telling America to be a nation dedicated to
Points of Light, will overwhelm our social
lifelong learning.
an Air Act that
problems. And this is how we must guaran-
These are the Americans who love this
service of the
tee the next American century. Every
country for what it is and for what it can
that one. And
person, every business, every school board,
become. These are the Americans who
ilities Act, the
our associations, our clubs, our places of
make this a nation of boldness-filled with
bill in decades,
worship-we all have the duty to lead.
problem solvers, gifted with the American
I opportunity to
And only then-only then can we truly
tradition of living up to our ideals. And
lity leaders like
think and act anew. And now Congress, too,
these are the Americans who prove that no
rino and Evan
must understand the successes and the fail-
one in America is without a gift to give, a
ht on this plat-
ures of the past and help us forge a certain
skill to share, a hand to offer.
future in America.
they're with us
This is the genius of America-ordinary
You people gathered here tonight repre-
Americans doing extraordinary things.
sent those who refuse to rest easy. I look
with Ramona
The Congress can refer our proposals to
out and I see so much reflected in your
Charles Hous-
its committees and tie itself up with debate,
faces-the strength, the conviction, the
r there in Alex-
and produce complicated and sometimes
commitment. You represent those millions
ess enacts our
expensive and sometimes unworkable legis-
of Americans who use power to achieve a
-these public
lation. But in the end, we and them must
greater good. And I know because you
me America's
carry forward the magic of America. We
brought me into your homes and your
ey Stokes here,
must carry forward what is good, and reach
neighborhoods and your schools and your
out and embrace what is best and we must
Order of Police,
churches.
do the hard work of freedom. You see, I
neighborhoods
And last year, I walked through a re-
ports our crime
know you have. And I know you will.
claimed crack house in Kansas City with Al
ghts bill-and I
Through you, our country can become an
Brooks, the leader of an anticrime coalition.
nt to Congress,
America whole and good.
And I learned more about how we can fight
tep against dis-
For that our country is grateful, and be-
crime in 2 hours than in 2 months of TV
cause of that our country-the greatest and
news.
freest on the face of the Earth-will prevail.
t-this is good
Another day I visited General Hospital
Thank you all very, very much.
here in DC, and held a tiny boarder baby in
e forces of the
Note: The President spoke at 8:02 p.m. on
my arms, the child of cocaine addicts. And
the South Lawn at the White House. In his
ment, we must
the remarkable dedication-I wish every
ervice-we call
one of you could have been with me-the
remarks, he referred to Gov. Carroll Camp-
a phrase about
remarkable dedication of the women who
bell of South Carolina; Gov. Michael N.
nat is within us
rescued these babies was just as moving.
Castle of Delaware; and Secretary of Hous-
t brightens the
America needs to hear that story, too.
ing and Urban Development Jack Kemp.
ole the lives of
Just a few months ago, I dropped in on a
The audience of invitees, made up of elect-
Randy Travis'
little West Virginia school in a town called
ed officials, service organization representa-
f hope in the
Slanesville. The National Teacher of the
tives, and Point of Light award recipients
Year teaches remedial reading there. And
sang a chorus of "Happy Birthday" to the
very American
her name is Rae Ellen McKee, and she's
President when he appeared on the South
it no one of us
here tonight. And visiting her gave me the
Lawn. A tape was not available for verifica-
overty or drug
opportunity to say to the Nation, "Thank
tion of the contents of these remarks.
the combined
God for our teachers".
very business,
And just yesterday, Lamar and I-Lamar
Remarks on Childhood Immunization
), organization
Alexander, the Secretary, and I flew over
June 13, 1991
olve the dark-
and I spoke before the graduating class of
the James H. Groves Adult High School in
The President. Let me just say at the
an after-hours
Sussex County. And we were the guests of
outset of these remarks how proud I am of
kers, a police
the Governor, Mike Castle. And I invited
our Secretary, who is taking the lead in
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
February 26, 1991
FACT SHEET
President Bush's Proposed
Enterprise for the Americas Initiative Act of 1991
Today, President Bush transmitted to the Congress the "Enterprise
for the Americas Initiative Act of 1991," a key step towards
implementing his new program to promote trade, investment,
growth, and environmental protection in Latin America and the
Caribbean. This proposal will establish the framework for moving
forward on the investment, debt, and environmental aspects of his
Initiative. It builds on the provisions included in Title VI of
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 as
amended by section 1512 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,
and Trade Act of 1990 to allow us to move forward on a portion of
the debt and environmental elements. The provisions implementing
the trade pillar of the Initiative are moving forward on a
separate track.
The proposal authorizes:
A U.S. contribution of $500 million over 5 years to the
Enterprise for the Americas Investment Fund to be
established by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
as a source of additional support for investment reforms
as well as technical assistance;
The creation of the Enterprise for the Americas Facility
to support the objectives of the Initiative through
administration of debt reduction operations for those
nations that meet the economic and investment reform
conditions;
For eligible countries, the reduction of concessional
Agency for International Development obligations;
The deposit of local currency interest payments on the
new, reduced obligations into debtor-owned Environmental
Funds to support environmental programs and projects;
and
The sale, reduction, or cancellation of a portion of the
Eximbank loans made to eligible countries or Commodity
Credit Corporation assets acquired as a result of credit
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guarantees made in connection with export sales to
eligible countries, in order to facilitate debt-for-
equity, debt-for-development, and debt-for-nature swaps.
The Enterprise for the Americas Investment Fund will foster a
climate favorable to investment in Latin American and Caribbean
countries. It will serve as a complement to the new IDB
investment sector lending program proposed as part of the
President's Initiative. In particular, the Fund would advance
specific, market-oriented investment policy initiatives and
reforms and finance technical assistance for privatizing
government-owned industries, building enterprise development and
business infrastructure, and supporting worker training and
education programs.
To be eligible for debt reduction, Latin American and Caribbean
countries must:
Have in effect, have received approval for, or in
exceptional circumstances be making significant progress
toward International Monetary Fund/World Bank reform
programs and World Bank adjustment loans;
Have in place major investment reforms in conjunction
with an IDB loan or otherwise be implementing or making
significant progress toward open investment regimes; and
Have negotiated a satisfactory financing program with
commercial banks, including debt and debt service
reduction, if appropriate.
The Enterprise for the Americas Facility will issue instructions
to the appropriate Federal agencies to effect the debt reduction,
sale, or cancellation which has been negotiated with eligible
countries.
Provided a beneficiary country enters into a broad environmental
framework agreement with the United States, the interest payments
due on restructured concessional obligations will be paid in
local currency and deposited in an Environmental Fund owned by
the debtor country.
These local currency resources will be used to support
environmental programs and projects in the individual countries.
Responsibility for identifying projects to be supported by the
Environmental Funds will be made by local administering bodies
made up of a majority of nongovernmental organization
representatives. A public/private Environment for the Americas
Board in Washington will help ensure that appropriate local
administering bodies are established and will review the annual
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programs prepared by these bodies. Large grants will be subject
to veto by the United States Government or the debtor government
involved.
Enactment of the President's Enterprise for the Americas
Initiative Act of 1991 will enable the United States to move
forward in nurturing a more productive relationship with our
increasingly democratic neighbors in Latin America and the
Caribbean.
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copy
October 11, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
CAROL AARHUS
JEANNIE BUNTON
MICHELE NIX
BOB SIMON
SUBJECT:
REFERENCES TO SPECIFIC DOMESTIC AGENDA
Per your request, we have compiled the following outline --
month-to-month, issue-by-issue, and speech-by-speech. The number
of utterances refer to the total number of instances the
President mentioned each issue.
JUNE, 1991
Crime:
June 1 -- West Point Commencement; 1 utterance
June 4 -- Thornburgh Resignation; 1 utterance
June 12 -- Domestic Policy Address/South Lawn; 3 utterances
June 14 -- Cal Tech Commencement; 2 utterances
June 15 -- Presidential Dinner; 2 utterances
June 17 -- Kasten Fundraiser; 2 utterances
Law Enforcement Address; 10 utterances
June 22 -- Radio Address; 5 utterances
June 25 -- Law Enforcement Luncheon; 10 utterances
TOTAL: 36
Growth/Capital Gains/Incentives:
June 1 -- West Point Commencement; 1 utterance
June 3 -- NFIB; 2 utterances
June 15 -- Presidential Dinner; 1 utterance
June 17 -- Kasten Fundraiser; 3 utterances
June 22 -- Radio Address; 1 utterance
TOTAL: 8
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Transportation:
June 12 -- Domestic Policy Address/South Lawn; 2 utterances
June 14 -- Cal Tech Commencement; 1 utterance
June 15 -- President's Dinner; 2 utterances
June 17 -- Kasten Fundraiser; 1 utterance
June 21 -- AASHTO; 16 utterances
June 22 -- Radio Address; 7 utterances
TOTAL: 29
Energy:
June 22 -- Radio Address; 1 utterance
TOTAL: 1
Education:
June 1 -- West Point Commencement; 1 utterance
June 3 -- National Education Goals Panel; 5 utterances
Educational Leaders; 13 utterances
June 6 -- Southern Baptist Convention; 4 utterances
June 7 -- Drug-Free Schools; 11 utterances
June 11 -- PBS; 20 utterances
Delaware High School; 12 utterances
June 12 -- Domestic Policy Address/South Lawn; 1 utterance
June 13 -- Immunization Event/Rose Garden; 1 utterance
June 14 -- Cal Tech Commencement; 2 utterances
June 15 -- President's Dinner; 2 utterances
June 17 -- Grand Junction, Colorado; 16 utterances
Kasten Fundraiser; 2 utterances
June 19 -- Presidential Scholars; 8 utterances
June 22 -- Radio Address; 2 utterances
TOTAL: 100
JULY, 1991
Crime:
July 1 -- Thomas Nomination Announcement; 3 utterances
July 18 -- News Conf. with Mitsotakis; 1 utterance
TOTAL: 4
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Growth/Capital Gains/incentives:
July 1 -- Thomas Nomination Announcement; 1 utterance
July 8 -- Remarks/Affordable Housing; 2 utterances
July 10 -- Greenspan Renomination Announcement; 2 utterances
July 18 -- Press Conference with Mitsotakis; 1 utterance
July 19 -- Remarks at the Greek-American COC; 4 utterances
July 24 -- NES; 1 utterance
July 25 -- Remarks signing Literacy Act; 1 utterance
July 29 -- Upcoming Moscow Summit; 12 utterances
July 31 -- Remarks/Soviet-U.S. Businessmen; 26 utterances
TOTAL: 50
Transportation:
NONE
Energy:
July 24 -- NES; 16 utterances
TOTAL: 16
Education:
July 8 -- New American Schools; 8 utterances
July 10 -- WHCLIS; 7 utterances
July 25 -- Remarks Signing Literacy Act; 6 utterances
July 29 -- Upcoming Moscow Summit; 1 utterance
July 30 -- Moscow Institute Remarks; 1 utterance
TOTAL: 23
AUGUST, 1991
Crime:
August 6 --- All-American Cities; 1 utterance
8th Annual Night Out; 27 utterances
August 14 -- Nat'l Fraternal Order of Police; 74 utterances
August 18 -- NGA Teleconference; 1 utterance
August 22 -- Exchange With Reporters; 1 utterance
TOTAL: 104
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Growth/Capital Gains/Incentives:
August 1 -- Remarks to the Supreme Soviet; 10 utterances
August 2 -- President's News Conference; 27 utterances
August 6 -- All-American Cities; 2 utterances
August 18 -- NGA Teleconference; 3 utterances
TOTAL: 42
Transportation:
August 18 -- NGA Teleconference; 10 utterances
August 22 -- Exchange With Reporters; 1 utterance
TOTAL: 11
Energy:
August 18 -- NGA Teleconference; 27 utterances
August 22 -- Exchange With Reporters; 1 utterance
TOTAL: 28
Education:
August 2 -- President's News Conference; 5 utterances
August 18 -- NGA Teleconference; 53 utterances
August 22 -- Exchange With Reporters; 1 utterance
TOTAL: 59
SEPTEMBER, 1991
Crime:
September 12 -- Philly Drug Speech; 1 utterance
Thornburgh Fundraiser; 5 utterances
September 16
--
Medal of Sci. and Tech.; 6 utterances
September 17
--
Teleconf. w/Schoolchildren; 10 utterances
September 19
--
Packwood Fundraiser; 2 utterances
Seymour Fundraiser; 3 utterances
September 20
--
Hispanic COC; 9 utterances
September 24
--
NJ GOP; 3 utterances
September
30
-- Disney POL Speech; 1 utterance
Beacon Council; 4 utterances
Buddy Roemer Fundraiser; 1 utterance
TOTAL: 45
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Growth/Capital Gains/incentives:
September 6 -- NATAT; 3 utterances
September 12
-- President's News Conference; 1 utterance
September 16 -- SERI; 1 utterance
September 20
--
Hispanic COC; 7 utterances
September
24
:
NJ GOP; 11 utterances
September 30
I
Beacon Council; 7 utterances
Buddy Roemer Fundraiser; 3 utterances
TOTAL: 33
Transportation:
September 6 -- NATAT; 6 utterances
September 12
--
Thornburgh Fundraiser; 1 utterance
September 18
I
GOP Salt Lake; 2 utterance
September 19
:
Packwood Fundraiser; 4 utterances
Green Line/I-105 Project; 12 utterances
September 30
--
Beacon Council; 1 utterance
Buddy Roemer Fundraiser; 1 utterance
TOTAL: 27
Energy:
September 12 -- Thornburgh fundraiser; 2 utterances
September 16 -- SERI; 28 utterances
Medal of Sci. and Tech.; 2 utterances
September 18
--
Grand Canyon; 1 utterance
September 19
--
Packwood Fundraiser; 1 utterance
Seymour Fundraiser; 1 utterance
September 30
I
Beacon Council; 1 utterance
TOTAL: 36
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Education:
September 2 -- Labor Day Message; 1 utterance
September
3
-- Lewiston, Maine; 22 utterances
September
4
--
Exchange with Reporters; 2 utterances
Peace Corps Dir. Resig.; 2 utterances
America 2000 Conference Call; 1 utterance
September
6
--
NATAT; 10 utterances
September
11
-- Stan Scott Tribute; 3 utterances
September 18
-- SLC Airport Arrival; 2 utterances
Salt Lake City GOP; 12 utterances
September 19
--
Packwood Fundraiser; 18 utterances
Seymour Fundraiser; 11 utterances
September
24 -- NJ GOP; 8 utterances
September 25 -- Minority Business Week; 1 utterance
Blue Ribbon Schools; 9 utterances
September 30
--
Beacon Council; 3 utterances
Buddy Roemer Fundraiser; 6 utterances
TOTAL: 111
Thus concludes our research on this matter. Please call if
you have any questions, or need further explanation.
Inaugural Address
January 20, 1989
Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. President, Vice
blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom
President Quayle, Senator Mitchell, Speaker
seems reborn. For in man's heart, if not in
Wright, Senator Dole, Congressman Michel,
fact, the day of the dictator is over. The
and fellow citizens, neighbors, and friends:
totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas
There is a man here who has earned a
blown away like leaves from an ancient,
lasting place in our hearts and in our histo-
lifeless tree. A new breeze is blowing, and a
ry. President Reagan, on behalf of our
nation refreshed by freedom stands ready
nation, I thank you for the wonderful things
to push on. There is new ground to be
that you have done for America.
broken and new action to be taken. There
I've just repeated word for word the oath
are times when the future seems thick as a
taken by George Washington 200 years ago,
fog; you sit and wait, hoping the mists will
and the Bible on which I placed my hand is
lift and reveal the right path. But this is a
the Bible on which he placed his. It is right
time when the future seems a door you can
that the memory of Washington be with us
walk right through into a room called to-
today not only because this is our bicenten-
morrow.
nial inauguration but because Washington
Great nations of the world are moving
remains the Father of our Country. And he
toward democracy through the door to
would, I think, be gladdened by this day;
freedom. Men and women of the world
for today is the concrete expression of a
move toward free markets through the door
stunning fact: our continuity, these 200
to prosperity. The people of the world agi-
years, since our government began.
tate for free expression and free thought
We meet on democracy's front porch. A
through the door to the moral and intellec-
good place to talk as neighbors and as
tual satisfactions that only liberty allows.
friends. For this is a day when our nation is
We know what works: Freedom works.
made whole, when our differences, for a
We know what's right: Freedom is right.
moment, are suspended. And my first act as
We know how to secure a more just and
President is a prayer. I ask you to bow your
prosperous life for man on Earth: through
heads.
free markets, free speech, free elections,
Heavenly Father, we bow our heads and
and the exercise of free will unhampered
thank You for Your love. Accept our thanks
by the state.
for the peace that yields this day and the
For the first time in this century, for the
shared faith that makes its continuance
first time in perhaps all history, man does
likely. Make us strong to do Your work, will-
not have to invent a system by which to
ing to heed and hear Your will, and write
live. We don't have to talk late into the
on our hearts these words: "Use power to
night about which form of government is
help people." For we are given power not
better. We don't have to wrest justice from
to advance our own purposes, nor to make
the kings. We only have to summon it from
a great show in the world, nor a name.
within ourselves. We must act on what we
There is but one just use of power, and it is
know. I take as my guide the hope of a
to serve people. Help us remember, Lord.
saint: In crucial things, unity; in important
Amen.
things, diversity; in all things, generosity.
I come before you and assume the Presi-
America today is a proud, free nation,
dency at a moment rich with promise. We
decent and civil, a place we cannot help
live in a peaceful, prosperous time, but we
but love. We know in our hearts, not loudly
can make it better. For a new breeze is
and proudly but as a simple fact, that this
1
Jan. 20 / Administration of George Bush, 1989
country has meaning beyond what we see,
We have more will than wallet, but will is
each other. It's
what we need. We will make the hard
nam. That war
and that our strength is a force for good.
But have we changed as a nation even in
choices, looking at what we have and per-
that war began
our time? Are we enthralled with material
haps allocating it differently, making our
century ago, ano
tation has been
things, less appreciative of the nobility of
decisions based on honest need and prudent
final lesson of
work and sacrifice?
safety. And then we will do the wisest thing
My friends, we are not the sum of our
of all. We will turn to the only resource we
nation can long
possessions. They are not the measure of
have that in times of need always grows:
memory. A new
our lives. In our hearts we know what mat-
the goodness and the courage of the Ameri-
old bipartisanshi
ters. We cannot hope only to leave our chil-
To my frien
can people.
friends-in the
dren a bigger car, a bigger bank account.
And I am speaking of a new engagement
We must hope to give them a sense of what
mean loyal-I p
in the lives of others, a new activism, hands-
it means to be a loyal friend; a loving
ting out my han
on and involved, that gets the job done. We
parent; a citizen who leaves his home, his
putting out my
must bring in the generations, harnessing
Leader. For this
neighborhood, and town better than he
the unused talent of the elderly and the
of the offered ha
found it. And what do we want the men
unfocused energy of the young. For not
clocks, and I do
and women who work with us to say when
only leadership is passed from generation to
fathers were you
we're no longer there? That we were more
generation but so is stewardship. And the
ences ended at
driven to succeed than anyone around us?
generation born after the Second World
don't wish to tur
Or that we stopped to ask if a sick child had
War has come of age.
mothers were y
gotten better and stayed a moment there to
I have spoken of a Thousand Points of
the Congress an
trade a word of friendship?
Light, of all the community organizations
ble of working
No President, no government can teach
that are spread like stars throughout the
budget on which
us to remember what is best in what we
are. But if the man you have chosen to lead
Nation, doing good. We will work hand in
us negotiate SOOI
this government can help make a differ-
hand, encouraging, sometimes leading,
let us produce. T
ence; if he can celebrate the quieter,
sometimes being led, rewarding. We will
action. They did
work on this in the White House, in the
They ask us to r
deeper successes that are made not of gold
and silk but of better hearts and finer souls;
Cabinet agencies. I will go to the people
san. "In crucial t
if he can do these things, then he must.
and the programs that are the brighter
friends, is crucial
America is never wholly herself unless
points of light, and I'll ask every member of
To the world,
my government to become involved. The
ment and a rei
she is engaged in high moral principle. We
as a people have such a purpose today. It is
old ideas are new again because they're not
strong to prote
to make kinder the face of the Nation and
old, they are timeless: duty, sacrifice, com-
hand is a relucta
gentler the face of the world. My friends,
mitment, and a patriotism that finds its ex-
and can be use
pression in taking part and pitching in.
are today Amer
we have work to do. There are the home-
We need a new engagement, too, be-
their will in for
less, lost and roaming. There are the chil-
dren who have nothing, no love and no
tween the Executive and the Congress. The
who are unaccou
normalcy. There are those who cannot free
challenges before us will be thrashed out
shown here and
themselves of enslavement to whatever ad-
with the House and the Senate. And we
Good will begets
diction-drugs, welfare, the demoralization
must bring the Federal budget into balance.
be a spiral that e
that rules the slums. There is crime to be
And we must ensure that America stands
Great nations
before the world united, strong, at peace,
their word. Whe
conquered, the rough crime of the streets.
There are young women to be helped who
and fiscally sound. But of course things may
America means
be difficult. We need to compromise; we've
agreement or a
are about to become mothers of children
had dissension. We need harmony; we've
We will always
they can't care for and might not love.
They need our care, our guidance, and our
had a chorus of discordant voices.
candor is a comp
education, though we bless them for choos-
For Congress, too, has changed in our
good and has its
alliances and fri
ing life.
time. There has grown a certain divisive-
ness. We have seen the hard looks and
strong, ever str
The old solution, the old way, was to
new closeness W
think that public money alone could end
heard the statements in which not each
sistent both will
these problems. But we have learned that
other's ideas are challenged but each
that is not so. And in any case, our funds
other's motives. And our great parties have
progress. One m
are low. We have a deficit to bring down.
too often been far apart and untrusting of
tionship in part
2
Administration of George Bush, 1989 / Jan. 20
wallet, but will is
each other. It's been this way since Viet-
hope and strength over experience. But
make the hard
nam. That war cleaves us still. But, friends,
hope is good, and so is strength and vigi-
ve have and per-
that war began in earnest a quarter of a
lance.
ntly, making our
century ago, and surely the statute of limi-
Here today are tens of thousands of our
need and prudent
tation has been reached. This is a fact: The
citizens who feel the understandable satis-
0 the wisest thing
final lesson of Vietnam is that no great
faction of those who have taken part in de-
only resource we
nation can long afford to be sundered by a
mocracy and seen their hopes fulfilled. But
ed always grows:
memory. A new breeze is blowing, and the
my thoughts have been turning the past
age of the Ameri-
old bipartisanship must be made new again.
few days to those who would be watching
To my friends, and, yes, I do mean
at home, to an older fellow who will throw
new engagement
friends-in the loyal opposition and, yes, I
a salute by himself when the flag goes by
W activism, hands-
mean loyal-I put out my hand. I am put-
and the woman who will tell her sons the
the job done. We
ting out my hand to you, Mr. Speaker. I am
words of the battle hymns. I don't mean
ations, harnessing
putting out my hand to you, Mr. Majority
this to be sentimental. I mean that on days
elderly and the
Leader. For this is the thing: This is the age
of the offered hand. And we can't turn back
like this we remember that we are all part
young. For not
clocks, and I don't want to. But when our
of a continuum, inescapably connected by
rom generation to
the ties that bind.
ardship. And the
fathers were young, Mr. Speaker, our differ-
ences ended at the water's edge. And we
Our children are watching in schools
e Second World
don't wish to turn back time, but when our
throughout our great land. And to them I
mothers were young, Mr. Majority Leader,
say, Thank you for watching democracy's
ousand Points of
the Congress and the Executive were capa-
big day. For democracy belongs to us all,
nity organizations
ble of working together to produce a
and freedom is like a beautiful kite that can
S throughout the
budget on which this nation could live. Let
go higher and higher with the breeze. And
vill work hand in
us negotiate soon and hard. But in the end,
to all I say, No matter what your circum-
netimes leading,
let us produce. The American people await
stances or where you are, you are part of
warding. We will
action. They didn't send us here to bicker.
this day, you are part of the life of our great
ite House, in the
They ask us to rise above the merely parti-
nation.
go to the people
san. "In crucial things, unity"-and this, my
A President is neither prince nor pope,
are the brighter
friends, is crucial.
and I don't seek a window on men's souls.
every member of
To the world, too, we offer new engage-
In fact, I yearn for a greater tolerance, and
ne involved. The
ment and a renewed vow: We will stay
easygoingness about each other's attitudes
ecause they're not
strong to protect the peace. The offered
and way of life.
ty, sacrifice, com-
hand is a reluctant fist; once made-strong,
There are few clear areas in which we as
I that finds its ex-
and can be used with great effect. There
a society must rise up united and express
I pitching in.
are today Americans who are held against
our intolerance. The most obvious now is
gement, too, be-
their will in foreign lands and Americans
drugs. And when that first cocaine was
the Congress. The
who are unaccounted for. Assistance can be
smuggled in on a ship, it may as well have
be thrashed out
shown here and will be long remembered.
been a deadly bacteria, so much has it hurt
Senate. And we
Good will begets good will. Good faith can
the body, the soul of our country. And
dget into balance.
be a spiral that endlessly moves on.
there is much to be done and to be said,
t America stands
Great nations like great men must keep
but take my word for it: This scourge will
strong, at peace,
their word. When America says something,
stop!
course things may
America means it, whether a treaty or an
And so, there is much to do. And tomor-
ompromise; we've
agreement or a vow made on marble steps.
row the work begins. And I do not mistrust
harmony; we've
We will always try to speak clearly, for
the future. I do not fear what is ahead. For
voices.
candor is a compliment; but subtlety, too, is
our problems are large, but our heart is
changed in our
good and has its place. While keeping our
larger. Our challenges are great, but our
certain divisive-
alliances and friendships around the world
will is greater. And if our flaws are endless,
hard looks and
strong, ever strong, we will continue the
God's love is truly boundless.
which not each
new closeness with the Soviet Union, con-
Some see leadership as high drama and
enged but each
sistent both with our security and with
the sound of trumpets calling, and some-
great parties have
progress. One might say that our new rela-
times it is that. But I see history as a book
and untrusting of
tionship in part reflects the triumph of
with many pages, and each day we fill a
3
Jan. 20 / Administration of George Bush, 1989
page with acts of hopefulness and meaning.
Note: The President spoke at 12:05 p.m. at
Mrs. Bush. No.
The new breeze blows, a page turns, the
the West Front of the Capitol. Prior to his
Q. What are y
story unfolds. And so, today a chapter
address, the oath of office was administered
Mrs. Bush. Wha
begins, a small and stately story of unity,
by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. The
Q. What are y
diversity, and generosity-shared, and writ-
address was broadcast live on radio and
Mrs. Bush. Oh,
ten, together.
television.
ing day of my life
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless
derful. Everythin,
the United States of America.
thing is so beautif
The President.
me not to brag
my knees when
Remarks to White House Visitors
you're looking at
January 21, 1989
American Hostage
Q. Mr. Presiden
The President. Good morning, everybody.
this first day that we welcome as many as
out an olive branc
[Applause] Thank you. Thank you all very
we can. I have a little hiatus in the middle
terms of Terry A
much. Let me just say that I know some of
because I do have to go over to this build-
Were you hinting
you have been up all night long. And so,
ing. I'm sure most of you recognize that as
change of policy,
the West Wing, and then the office you see
The President.
what we want to do is not delay this but
take whoever is first. And I gather that's
in the corner is the President's Oval Office.
it's a change of p
been sorted out by whoever got first in line
And I have to go sign one or two things and
sure I mentioned
into the-
at least start to work over there, and then I
lute determination
will come back. Barbara will be here-some
gory: POW-MIA
Visitors. No!
of our kids inside. But we just wanted to
wanted that right
The President. Not quite?
wish you well and welcome you to the peo-
few specific points
Visitors. No!
ple's house.
speech. And in t
The President. Okay, so there's some in-
Thank you all very, very much. Thank
hope it was hear
justice out there. [Laughter]
you. We'll scoot on in.
know, we keep h
Visitor. We love you, George! I love you!
tries want to have
The President. No, but this is the people's
Note: The President spoke at 8:05 a.m. at
the United States
house, and it just seemed appropriate on
the Executive Entrance of the White House.
to them that goo
also know enoug
think, in fairness,
of the hostage-hol
one country for h
Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters
against their will.
January 21, 1989
past, facilitated th
and I'd love to see
The President. Good morning, Helen
looking good. Ate two pancakes-what
won't forget it. H.
[Helen Thomas, United Press International].
you'd call a rapid recovery.
going to escalate
Americans hostage
First Day as President
Q. Which one was ill, sir?
people feel that и
The President. Ellie, Doro's daughter, the
Q. How are you? How does it feel to be
cessions in order
Thousand Points of Light kid that ran across
President?
lives. We simply Ct
in the commercial. No, but it's so exciting
Q. You talk abou
The President. It feels just fine-setting in
over there and just a joy to have the family
The President.
now, after the glamour and excitement of
all there. They'll start leaving. We have a
to indicate that tl
the inauguration. It's a great joy to have my
luncheon today with 240.
strong, and OCC:
mother here, the leader of our family, a
Mrs. Bush. Oh, really?
called upon to use
great joy to have our ten kids over there
The President. Yes, 240-family.
another around tl
last night. One got sick, so I had the duty at
Mrs. Bush. Oh, my Lord!
dent will be no (
about 6 a.m. this morning. Ellie LeBlond-
Q. Are you responsible for all that? Are
context of the peo
pumped a half a Tylenol into her, and she's
you responsible for 240?
necessarily.
4
July 19 / Administration of George Bush, 1989
1966-1969; management officer in London,
ous and at peace. And for those old enough
the
1965-1966; educational and cultural affairs
to remember that historic night 20 years
Th
officer and Director of the Department of
ago, step outside tonight with your children
State Reception Centers, 1962-1965. Mr.
or your grandchildren, lift your eyes sky-
Krys also served as a consultant to the Di-
ward, and tell them of the flag-the Ameri-
the
rector of the Federal Mediation and Concil-
can flag-that still flies proudly in the an-
iation Service, 1961. In 1983 he received
cient lunar soil. And for those who were not
ity
the Presidential Meritorious Service Award.
yet born, or then too young to recall, you
cle
Mr. Krys graduated from the University
who are the children of the new century,
wi
of Maryland in 1955. He was a Distin-
raise your eyes to the heavens and join us in
guished Graduate of the National War Col-
a great dream, an American dream, a
Ar
lege in 1977. He was born in New York in
dream without end.
1934. He is married, has three daughters,
and resides in Washington, DC.
Project Apollo, the first men on the
Moon-some called it quixotic, impossible-
th
had never been done. But America
ac
dreamed it, and America did it. And it
at
began on July 16th, 1969. The Sun rose a
Remarks on the 20th Anniversary of
second time that morning as the awesome
pe
the Apollo Moon Landing
fireball of the Saturn 5 lifted these three
CE
July 20, 1989
pioneers beyond the clouds. A crowd of one
da
million, including half of the United States
di
Thank you all very, very much. And
Congress, held its breath as the Earth shook
thank you, Mr. Vice President, for your in-
beneath their feet and our view of the
troduction and for undertaking to head the
heavens was changed forevermore.
National Space Council and for already
Three days and three nights they jour-
Y
demonstrating your skill for leadership
neyed. It was a perilous, unprecedented,
there. And thanks to all of you, who have
breathtaking voyage. And each of us re-
p
braved the weather to join us today.
member the night. Barbara and our daugh-
d
Behind me stands one of the most visited
ter, Dorothy, were with me in our red-brick
b
places on Earth, a symbol of American
house right here on the outskirts of Wash-
d
courage and ingenuity. And before me
stand those on whose shoulders this legacy
ington, where we moved up here to repre-
was built: the men and women of the
sent Houston in the United States Congress.
United States astronaut corps. And we are
Our 12-year-old kid, Marvin, was on a trip
very proud to be part of this unprecedent-
out West with family friends and remem-
ed gathering of America's space veterans
bers stopping at a roadside motel to watch.
and to share this stage with three of the
Second boy, Jeb, 16 that summer, teaching
greatest heroes of this or any other century:
English and listening by radio in a small
the crew of Apollo 11.
Mexican village, where electricity had yet
It's hard to believe that 20 years have
to arrive.
passed. Neil and Buzz, who originated the
The landing itself was harrowing. Alarms
moonwalk 15 years before Michael Jackson
flashed, and a computer overload threat-
ever even thought of it. [Laughter] And Mi-
ened to halt the mission while Eagle dan-
chael Collins, former director of this amaz-
gled thousands of feet above the Moon.
ing museum and the brave pilot who flew
Armstrong seized manual control to avoid a
alone on the dark side of the Moon while
huge crater strewn with boulders. With
Neil [Armstrong] and Buzz [Aldrin] touched
new alarms signaling a loss of fuel and the
down-Mike, you must be the only Ameri-
view now blocked by lunar dust, Mission
can over age 10 that night who didn't get
Control began the countdown for a manda-
to see the Moon landing. [Laughter]
tory abort.
And later this evening after the crowd
America, indeed the whole world, lis-
disperses and the Sun goes down, a nearly
tened-a lump in our throat and a prayer
full Moon will rise out of the darkness and
on our lips. And only 20 seconds of fuel
shine down on an America that is prosper-
remained. And then out of the static came
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Administration of George Bush, 1989 / July 20
the words: "Houston. Tranquility Base here.
And today, yes, the U.S. is the richest
rs
The Eagle has landed."
nation on Earth with the most powerful
en
Within one lifetime, the human race had
economy in the world. And our goal is noth-
y-
traveled from the dunes of Kitty Hawk to
ing less than to establish the United States
ri-
the dust of another world. Apollo is a
as the preeminent spacefaring nation.
n-
monument to our nation's unparalleled abil-
From the voyages of Columbus to the
ot
ity to respond swiftly and successfully to a
Oregon Trail to the journey to the Moon
ou
clearly stated challenge and to America's
itself history proves that we have never lost
y,
willingness to take great risks for great re-
by pressing the limits of our frontiers.
in
wards. We had a challenge. We set a goal.
Indeed, earlier this month, one news maga-
And we achieved it.
a
zine reported that Apollo paid down-to-
So, today is not only an occasion to thank
earth dividends, declaring that man's con-
ne
these astronauts and their colleagues-the
quest of the Moon "would have been a bar-
thousands of talented men and women
gain at twice the price." And they called
across the country whose commitment, cre-
Apollo "the best return on investment since
ca
ativity, and courage brought this dream to
Leonardo da Vinci bought himself a sketch
it
life-it's also a time to thank the American
pad." [Laughter]
a
people for their faith, because Apollo's suc-
In 1961 it took a crisis-the space race-
ne
cess was made possible by the drive and
to speed things up. Today we don't have a
ee
daring of an entire nation committed to a
crisis; we have an opportunity. To seize this
ne
dream.
opportunity, I'm not proposing a 10-year
es
In the building behind me are the testa-
plan like Apollo, I'm proposing a long-
ments to Apollo and to what came before-
range, continuing commitment. First, for
ne
the chariots of fire flown by Armstrong,
the coming decade, for the 1990's-Space
Yeager, Lindbergh, and the Wrights. And in
Station Freedom, our critical next step in all
ir-
the National Archives, across the great ex-
our space endeavors. And next, for the new
d,
panse of grass, are preserved the founding
century, back to the Moon. Back to the
e-
documents of the idea that made it all possi-
future. And this time, back to stay. And
h-
ble: the world's greatest experiment in free-
then a journey into tomorrow, a journey to
dom and diversity. And here, standing be-
another planet: a manned mission to Mars.
h-
tween these twin legacies, is a fitting place
Each mission should and will lay the
e-
to look forward to the future, because the
groundwork for the next. And the pathway
SS.
Apollo astronauts left more than flags and
to the stars begins, as it did 20 years ago,
ip
footprints on the Moon: They also left some
with you, the American people. And it con-
n-
unfinished business. For even 20 years ago,
tinues just up the street there, to the
h.
we recognized that America's ultimate goal
United States Congress, where the future of
ng
was not simply to go there and go back but
the space station and our future as a space-
all
to go there and go on. Mike Collins said it
faring nation will be decided.
et
best: "The Moon is not a destination; it's a
And, yes, we're at a crossroads. Hard de-
direction."
cisions must be made now as we prepare to
ns
And space is the inescapable challenge to
enter the next century. As William Jennings
it-
all the advanced nations of the Earth. And
Bryan said, just before the last turn of the
n-
there's little question that, in the 21st cen-
century: "Destiny is not a matter of chance;
n.
tury, humans will again leave their home
it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to
a
planet for voyages of discovery and explora-
be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved."
th
tion. What was once improbable is now in-
And to those who may shirk from the
e
evitable. The time has come to look beyond
challenges ahead, or who doubt our chances
on
brief encounters. We must commit our-
of success, let me say this: To this day, the
a-
selves anew to a sustained program of
only footprints on the Moon are American
manned exploration of the solar system and,
footprints. The only flag on the Moon is an
is-
yes, the permanent settlement of space. We
American flag. And the know-how that ac-
er
must commit ourselves to a future where
complished these feats is American know-
el
Americans and citizens of all nations will
how. What Americans dream, Americans
e
live and work in space.
can do. And 10 years from now, on the 30th
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July 20 / Administration of George Bush, 1989
anniversary of this extraordinary and aston-
ity's destiny to strive, to seek, to find. And
ishing flight, the way to honor the Apollo
because it is America's destiny to lead.
astronauts is not by calling them back to
Six years ago, Pioneer 10 sailed beyond
Washington for another round of tributes. It
the orbits of Neptune and of Pluto, the first
is to have Space Station Freedom up there,
man-made object to leave the solar system.
operational, and underway, a new bridge
Its destination unknown. It's now journeyed
between the worlds and an investment in
through the tenures of five Presidents-four
the growth, prosperity, and technological
billion miles from Earth. In the decades
superiority of our nation. And the space sta-
ahead, we will follow the path of Pioneer
tion will also serve as a stepping stone to
the most important planet in the solar
10. We will travel to neighboring stars, to
new worlds, to discover the unknown. And
system: planet Earth.
As I said in Europe just a few days ago,
it will not happen in my lifetime, and prob-
environmental destruction knows no bor-
ably not during the lives of my children,
ders. A major national and international ini-
but a dream to be realized by future gen-
tiative is needed to seek new solutions for
erations must begin with this generation.
ozone depletion and global warming and
We cannot take the next giant leap for
acid rain. And this initiative, "Mission to
mankind tomorrow unless we take a single
Planet Earth," is a critical part of our space
step today.
program. And it reminds us of what the
To all of you here, our able director of
astronauts remember as the most stirring
NASA and others who've served so well-to
sight of all. It wasn't the Moon or the stars,
all of you here-and especially the astro-
as I remember. It was the Earth-tiny, frag-
nauts, we wish you good luck in your
ile, precious, blue orb-rising above the
quests, wherever that may take you. God-
arid desert of Tranquility Base.
speed to you, one and all, and God bless the
The space station is a first and necessary
United States of America. Thank you all
step for sustained manned exploration, one
very, very much.
that we're pleased has been endorsed by
Senator Glenn, and Neil Armstrong, and so
Note: The President spoke at 10:30 a.m. on
many of the veteran astronauts we honor
the steps of the Smithsonian National Air
today. But it's only a first step.
and Space Museum. In his closing remarks,
And today I'm asking my right hand man,
he referred to Richard H. Truly, Adminis-
our able Vice President, Dan Quayle, to
trator of the National Aeronautics and
lead the National Space Council in deter-
Space Administration. Before making his
mining specifically what's needed for the
remarks, the President viewed the Apollo 11
next round of exploration-the necessary
lunar module in the museum. Following his
money, manpower, and materials, the feasi-
remarks, he participated in the unveiling of
bility of international cooperation, and de-
a stamp commemorating the Apollo 11
velop realistic timetables, milestones along
Moon mission.
the way. The Space Council will report
back to me as soon as possible with con-
crete recommendations to chart a new and
continuing course to the Moon and Mars
and beyond.
There are many reasons to explore the
universe, but 10 very special reasons why
Remarks at a Barbecue for Astronauts
America must never stop seeking distant
and National Aeronautics and Space
frontiers: the 10 courageous astronauts who
Administration Officials on the 20th
made the ultimate sacrifice to further the
Anniversary of the Apollo Moon
cause of space exploration. They have taken
Landing
their place in the heavens so that America
July 20, 1989
can take its place in the stars.
Like them, and like Columbus, we dream
America's astronauts and spouses, friends
of distant shores we've not yet seen. Why
in the United States Congress, NASA offi-
the Moon? Why Mars? Because it is human-
cials, and other honored guests, I say wel-
1130
Administration of George Bush, 1991 / Feb. 27
political pluralism
potentiary for Europe; Eugen Dijmarescu,
this organization and transform a nation
Romanian Minister of State for Economic
through community service. And what a
ese countries face
Orientation; George Varga, president and
terrific job you've done.
restructure their
chief executive officer of Tungsram Co.,
Looking around the room today, peeking,
S. Our administra-
Ltd., Hungary; Haile Aguilar, general man-
before I came in here, I see so many famil-
trong support and
ager of the Warsaw, Poland, Marriott Hotel;
iar faces, so many people that are making a
and historic efforts.
Drew Lewis, chairman of the board of the
difference in the lives of others. Every man
to come over to
Citizens Democracy Corps; David S.
and woman here believes in the power of
it say, knowing of
Gergen, editor-at-large for U.S. News &
the individual, and is bolstered by the con-
ne has in the busi-
World Report; Deputy Secretary of the
viction that America is indeed a land of
that when I got to
Treasury John E. Robson; Deputy Secretary
opportunity. For more than 200 years,
the news continues
of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger; Bruce S.
America has been the home of free markets
very, very hearten-
Gelb, Director of the U.S. Information
and free people. And there is no question:
ericans took great
Agency; and Ronald W. Roskens, Adminis-
the liberation of
trator of the Agency for International De-
Opportunity in America is the envy of the
entire world.
eration of Kuwait,
velopment.
The story of America has been the story
mplete. I hope that
of opportunity. Throughout our history,
explain this note of
we've pioneered the frontiers of liberty for
say I have never
all humanity. Our Founding Fathers cre-
y life of anybody
Remarks at a Meeting of the
ated perhaps the most simple yet profound
and women of the
American Society of Association
document in modern history-our Constitu-
'orces. They have
Executives
tion and Bill of Rights. Abraham Lincoln
tion, enormous mo-
February 27, 1991
broke forever the chains of human slavery.
beginning. And I
ne to contribute to
The suffrage movement made the promise
Thank you very, very much. And what a
and demonstration
of democracy a reality for women. The
wonderful reception. And I interpret that, I
y is united is abso-
founders of our public schools unleashed
think properly, the same way I interpreted
O down in history.
our national potential through universal
the applause at the State of the Union mes-
education. And by their struggle for equal
ve're going to con-
sage-as strong support for those men and
t thing, ending it
rights, the leaders of the civil rights move-
women that are serving our country over-
orward and staying
ment helped bring dignity to the oppressed
seas. And now the war is almost over, and I
allenges that these
and disenfranchised. The story of opportu-
think we owe them a vote of thanks, and I
be helpful there.
nity in America is the story of Thomas
think I heard it right now. So, thank you,
e Soviet Union has
Paine and Frederick Douglass, Clara
Bill, and I'm just delighted to be here.
lot of this goes for-
I want to shift and talk about domestic
Barton, the Wright brothers, Rosa Parks.
ed to see that that
But it doesn't end there, with these
matters. And Bill, I couldn't help but glance
you caught me on
at this marvelous quilt coming in here, and
heroes from our past. There are the new
larly upbeat, with
I do think that we owe you and all the
American heroes of today, many of them in
-[applause]
others in the association a vote of thanks for
this room. And they, too, are inspired by
following through and, indeed, being points
pride, integrity, faith in the dignity of man,
ke at 10 a.m. in
of light.
and courage-yes, courage to overcome the
Executive Office
I want to salute our Attorney General
odds. It's called leadership by example-and
ks, he referred to
who is with us today; our two able Secretar-
it's made America the world's great beacon
nt of the Yugoslav
ies so concerned also about what we're talk-
of freedom.
il; Georgi Pirinski,
ing about today, Secretaries Kemp and Sul-
These modern visionaries are the ones
n Grand National
livan; Ted Sanders, who is doing a superb
that are making history-propelling us into
rek, Czechoslovak
job as our Acting Secretary at Education;
the next American century. Theirs is a
reign Affairs and
and, of course, my old friend, a man so
movement-it's more than 200 years old-
Coordination Com-
well-known to all of you, Bob Woodson of
as old as the Declaration of Independ-
ance; Ferenc Madl,
the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise.
ence-a movement defined by what Jeffer-
thout Portfolio in
You know, it's hard to believe that a year
son called "the American mind" and what
e Minister; Polish
has passed since the challenge Bill men-
I've been calling "the American idea." It
Volski, Coordinator
tioned, since I challenged the members of
continues to sweep our country today with
Poland and Pleni-
ASAE to channel the tremendous energy of
a vigor as strong as ever. It's a vision driven
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by the strength and power of the American
parents-so that they can choose the best
Everyone knows t
dream.
school to attend. Our higher education
place in a safe, drug
And I share that vision-for what is the
system is clearly, unquestionably, the finest
difficult for children
American dream if it isn't wanting to be
in the world-creative, innovative, and
lence in the classro
part of something larger than ourselves? If
highly competitive. From the GI bill to Pell
schoolyard or drug
it isn't creating a better life for our children
grants, college students already have the
home. And older st
than we might have had? If it isn't the free-
power to choose. And now it's time that our
it hard to attend ni;
dom to take command of our future? For
education system, all of it, became the
hours at the office
most people, these aspirations means enjoy-
finest in the world.
that darkness bring
ing the blessings of good health or having a
home to call one's own, or raising a family,
We're also proposing education reforms
ridden neighborhoo
holding a stake in the community, feeling
to build flexibility and accountability into
Low-income Am
secure-secure at home or in our neighbor-
our school systems. We've seen what educa-
more likely to be in
hood.
tion reform can do, from East L.A. to East
likely to be able to 1
tunities that may I
But for others, sadly, America has not yet
Harlem. We're encouraging Governors to
fulfilled the promise of equality of opportu-
bring together teachers, parents, and ad-
just around the CO
defending themsel
nity. We know who they are: They're the
ministrators to work together to meet the
from the drug deal
hopeless and the homeless, the friendless
needs of all students. We must cut the drop-
the hall or down the
and the fearful, the unemployed and the
out rate and ensure that every student in
ones who need opp
underemployed, the ones who can't read,
America arrives at school ready to learn and
It is in their nam
the ones who can't write. They are the ones
graduates ready to work.
streets of our citie
who don't believe that they will ever share
For some time now, the administration
thugs and the gang
in the American dream.
has called for the restructuring of American
should be the cast
I'm here to tell any American for whom
education. We've got to raise our expecta-
tactics: mandatory
hope lies dormant: We will not forget you.
tions for our students and our schools. But if
firearm in a viole
We will not forget those who have not yet
we're going to ask more of them, it
protection against
shared in the American dream. We must
wouldn't be fair to tie the hands of the
abuse; tough prose
offer them hope. But we must guarantee
teachers and principals-particularly those
out equal justice, SW
them opportunity.
who make a difference. We need responsive
system that is up to
It's been said, "Hope is a waking dream."
schools-customer-driven ones, if you will-
strategy must inclu
That awakening begins with learning, un-
schools that are more market-oriented and
mitment to our y
derstanding the power and potential of in-
performance-based, because it's time we
meaningful and ad
dividual effort, developing a skill, and with
recognize that competition can spur excel-
a life of crime. Ano
it, independence, earning a living, with dig-
nity and personal growth. More skills mean
lence in our schools. Choice is the catalyst
tion, a neighborhoo
more freedom-more options for even
for change, the fundamental reform that
Opportunity is bi
drives forward all others. These ideas will
but the door is ope
greater opportunity.
stir us and guide us toward meeting the
Every American wl
Today, our administration is proposing an
national education goals the Governors and
able to get one. O
agenda to expand opportunity and choice
for all. It involves more than six major ini-
I set up after that famous education
past remain. Bigotr
tiatives across the scope of our entire gov-
summit-because we can't expect to remain
grettably, still do e:
ernment: restoring quality education, ensur-
a first-class economy if we settle for second-
ful legal tools for el
class schools.
And remember, t
ing crime-free neighborhoods, strengthen-
ing civil and legal rights for all, creating
Millions of jobs await America's graduates
equality of opport
Brown vs. the Boar
jobs and new businesses, expanding access
in the coming years. But to fill those jobs,
Rights Act of 1964,
to homeownership, and allowing localities a
entrepreneurs will look increasingly to
1965, the Fair Ho
greater share of responsibility. In its entire-
America's minorities-blacks, Hispanics and
and 1988, the Am
ty, I believe it represent one of the most
Asians-and to people just entering the eco-
Act of 1990.
far-reaching efforts in decades to unleash
nomic mainstream-workers with disabil-
To assure that e\
the talents of every citizen in America.
ities and mothers who have chosen to work
equality of opportu
In several weeks, I will have legislation to
outside the home. The majority of those
termined to contin
enact this agenda on the desk of every Con-
jobs are safer, are cleaner, higher skilled,
ment of these an
gressman. The administration's educational
better paying jobs. And they will go to the
laws. And where
excellence proposals, by way of example,
ones who have what it takes-a quality edu-
ment, I am comi
will put choice in the hands of students and
cation.
We will soon in
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Administration of George Bush, 1991 / Feb. 27
hoose the best
Everyone knows the best education takes
strong new remedies to protect women
gher education
place in a safe, drug-free environment. It is
from sexual harassment and minorities from
ably, the finest
difficult for children to learn if there's vio-
racial prejudice in the workplace. And I call
nnovative, and
lence in the classroom or crime out in the
on the Congress to act promptly on this
e GI bill to Pell
schoolyard or drug pushers along the way
important initiative. But legislation that
ready have the
home. And older students and workers find
only creates a lawyer's bonanza helps no
t's time that our
it hard to attend night school or put in late
one. We all know where opportunity really
it, became the
hours at the office because of the danger
begins. As I said above, it begins with a job.
that darkness brings, especially in crime-
In our hardest hit urban and rural areas
ucation reforms
ridden neighborhoods.
our enterprise zone proposal will create
Low-income Americans are the ones
countability into
new small businesses. We're providing new
en what educa-
more likely to be intimidated by crime, less
incentives for employers to hire more work-
Last L.A. to East
likely to be able to take advantage of oppor-
ers, by eliminating the capital gains tax on
tunities that may be across town or even
g Governors to
businesses in these areas, and attracting
just around the corner. They're the ones
arents, and ad-
more seed capital. Our proposals mean eco-
defending themselves and their families
her to meet the
nomic growth, more minority entrepre-
from the drug dealers and muggers down
ust cut the drop-
neurs and most importantly, again, jobs.
the hall or down the street. And they're the
every student in
ones who need opportunity the most.
The American dream also means choosing
ady to learn and
It is in their name that this battle for the
where to live and, for many working
streets of our cities must be waged. The
people, owning a home someday. We're of-
e administration
thugs and the gangs and the drug kingpins
fering public housing residents not only
ing of American
should be the casualties of this war. Our
control and management of their own com-
ise our expecta-
tactics: mandatory sentences for using a
munity, but for the first time, access to
ur schools. But if
firearm in a violent crime; strengthened
home ownership and private property to
re of them, it
protection against sex crimes and child
gain a stake in their communities. We've
e hands of the
abuse; tough prosecutors; courts that mete
asked the Congress to provide much-
articularly those
out equal justice, swiftly and surely; a prison
needed funding for the HOPE program in
need responsive
system that is up to the job. And finally, our
1991, to make this opportunity a reality in
nes, if you will-
strategy must include an unequivocal com-
our inner cities this year. And we're propos-
ket-oriented and
mitment to our young people. There are
ing that Americans be allowed to use the
se it's time we
meaningful and adventurous alternatives to
money from their IRA's to buy their first
1 can spur excel-
a life of crime. And it starts with an educa-
home. These initiatives will bring us closer
ce is the catalyst
tion, a neighborhood that's safe and secure.
to our goal of one million new homeowners
ntal reform that
Opportunity is built on these foundations,
by 1992.
These ideas will
but the door is opened by one thing: a job.
You know, there's something reassuring
ard meeting the
Every American who wants a job should be
about becoming a part of a neighborhood, a
e Governors and
able to get one. Of course, vestiges of the
community that pulls together in times of
mous education
past remain. Bigotry and discrimination, re-
crisis, that looks out for one another. Each
expect to remain
grettably, still do exist. But we have power-
community in America is different, and its
settle for second-
ful legal tools for eliminating discrimination.
residents know best how to take care of
And remember, the legal guarantees of
each other, what the best options are for
equality of opportunity are largely in place:
programs and services for those who need a
nerica's graduates
to fill those jobs,
Brown vs. the Board of Education, the Civil
hand. And so, we're proposing to allow
Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of
communities to restructure programs at the
increasingly to
1965, the Fair Housing Acts of both 1968
local level.
ks, Hispanics and
and 1988, the Americans with Disabilities
Our strength as a nation lies in the
entering the eco-
Act of 1990.
strength of our communities, the sum of our
ers with disabil-
To assure that every American enjoys the
neighborhoods and families, our hopes and
e chosen to work
equality of opportunity and access, I am de-
dreams for the future. This is our adminis-
majority of those
termined to continue the vigorous enforce-
tration's agenda for opportunity. It begins
er, higher skilled,
ment of these and of all our civil rights
in the heart of every person who believes in
ey will go to the
laws. And where our laws need improve-
freedom and lives on in the American
es-a quality edu-
ment, I am committed to refining them.
dream. Every man and woman in this room
We will soon introduce legislation with
shares its vision. The great poet, Carl Sand-
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burg, put it this way: "nothing happens
Seven months ago, America and the
have asked Secretar
unless first a dream." Our mandate is to
world drew a line in the sand. We declared
quest that the Un
make the dream a reality.
that the aggression against Kuwait would
Council meet to forn
We face a new century, a new American
not stand. And tonight, America and the
rangements for this
century. Half a world away, our allied
world have kept their word.
This suspension of
troops face a defining moment in the new
This is not a time of euphoria, certainly
ations is contingent
world order. And they are succeeding in
not a time to gloat. But it is a time of pride:
upon any coalition f
their battle because each and every one of
pride in our troops; pride in the friends
Scud missiles agains
them possesses a pride in their country, in-
who stood with us in the crisis; pride in our
Iraq violates these
tegrity in their cause, and courage in their
nation and the people whose strength and
will be free to resu
heart.
resolve made victory quick, decisive, and
Our troops will be home soon-coming
just. And soon we will open wide our arms
At every opportu
home to a grateful nation. And I want to
to welcome back home to America our
people of Iraq that 0
ensure that their return is to a land of equal
magnificent fighting forces.
them but instead wi
No one country can claim this victory as
above all, with Sad
opportunity. And just as they have stood to
mains the case. You.
safeguard our freedom-the world's free-
its own. It was not only a victory for Kuwait
but a victory for all the coalition partners.
not our enemy. We
dom-let us stand with pride, integrity, and
struction. We have
courage in our hearts and expand the free-
This is a victory for the United Nations, for
with kindness. Coal
doms of all Americans. It's up to each of us
all mankind, for the rule of law, and for
to secure the triumph of "the American
what is right.
war only as a last re:
idea." And that idea is opportunity.
After consulting with Secretary of De-
the day when Iraq
fense Cheney, the Chairman of the Joint
pared to live in pea
With God's help and yours, we will suc-
ceed. Thank you all very much. And may
Chiefs of Staff, General Powell, and our coa-
We must now beg
God bless our troops, and may God bless
lition partners, I am pleased to announce
ry and war. We mus
the United States of America.
that at midnight tonight eastern standard
securing the peace.
time, exactly 100 hours since ground oper-
we will consult with
Note: The President spoke at 11:08 a.m. in
ations commenced and 6 weeks since the
We've already done
the Grand Ballroom at the J.W. Marriott
start of Desert Storm, all United States and
and planning for the
Hotel. In his opening remarks, he referred
coalition forces will suspend offensive
Secretary Baker has
to R. William Taylor, president of the
combat operations. It is up to Iraq whether
sult with our coalit
American Society of Association Executives;
this suspension on the part of the coalition
gion's challenges. TI
Attorney General Dick Thornburgh; Secre-
becomes a permanent cease-fire.
no solely American
tary of Housing and Urban Development
Coalition political and military terms for a
lenges. But we can
Jack Kemp; and Secretary of Health and
formal cease-fire include the following re-
countries of the reg
Human Services Louis W. Sullivan.
quirements:
peace. In this spirit.
Iraq must release immediately all coali-
to the region next
tion prisoners of war, third country nation-
round of consultatio
als, and the remains of all who have fallen.
This war is now b
Iraq must release all Kuwaiti detainees. Iraq
Address to the Nation on the
the difficult task o
also must inform Kuwaiti authorities of the
Suspension of Allied Offensive Combat
historic peace. Tor
location and nature of all land and sea
Operations in the Persian Gulf
proud of what we
mines. Iraq must comply fully with all rele-
us give thanks to
February 27, 1991
vant United Nations Security Council reso-
lives. Let us never
lutions. This includes a rescinding of Iraq's
their lives. May Go
Kuwait is liberated. Iraq's army is defeat-
August decision to annex Kuwait, and ac-
tary forces and thei
ed. Our military objectives are met. Kuwait
ceptance in principle of Iraq's responsibility
remember them in
is once more in the hands of Kuwaitis, in
to pay compensation for the loss, damage,
control of their own destiny. We share in
and injury its aggression has caused.
Good night, an
their joy, a joy tempered only by our com-
United States of An
The coalition calls upon the Iraqi Govern-
passion for their ordeal.
ment to designate military commanders to
Tonight the Kuwaiti flag once again flies
meet within 48 hours with their coalition
Note: President B1
above the capital of a free and sovereign
counterparts at a place in the theater of
from the Oval Off
nation. And the American flag flies above
operations to be specified, to arrange for
In his address, h
our Embassy.
military aspects of the cease-fire. Further, I
Saddam Hussein 0
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40
I am most anxious that in dealing with matters which every Member knows are
extremely delicate matters, I should not use any phrase or expression which would cause
offence to our friends and Allies on the Continent or across the Atlantic Ocean.
WINSTON CHURCHILL, chancellor of the exchequer, remarks, House of Commons,
December 10, 1924.-Parliamentary Debates (Commons), 5th series, vol. 179, col. 259
(1925).
The subject was inter-Allied debts.
41
It is not given to us to peer into the mysteries of the future. Still, I avow my hope
and faith, sure and inviolate, that in the days to come the British and American peoples will
for their own safety and for the good of all walk together side by side in majesty, in justice,
and in peace.
Prime Minister WINSTON CHURCHILL, speech to a joint session of Congress, Washing-
ton, D.C., December 26, 1941.-Winston S. Churchill: His Complete Speeches, 1897-1963,
ed. Robert Rhodes James, vol. 6, p. 6541 (1974).
These words, the conclusion of Churchill's speech, were followed by "Prolonged
applause, the Members of the Senate and their guests rising," according to the Congres-
sional Record, vol. 87, p. 10119.
42
We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are
eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.
LORD PALMERSTON, remarks in the House of Commons defending his foreign policy,
March 1, 1848.-Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, 3d series, vol. 97, col. 122.
America
43
It may be that without a vision men shall die. It is no less true that, without hard
practical sense, they shall also die. Without Jefferson the new nation might have lost its
soul. Without Hamilton it would assuredly have been killed in body.
JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS, Jeffersonian Principles and Hamiltonian Principles, p.
xvii (1932).
See also No. 1331.
44
But America is a great, unwieldy Body. Its Progress must be slow. It is like a large
Fleet sailing under Convoy. The fleetest Sailors must wait for the dullest and slowest. Like
a Coach and six-the swiftest Horses must be slackened and the slowest quickened, that all
may keep an even Pace.
JOHN ADAMS, letter to Abigail Adams, June 11/June 17, 1775.-Adams Family Cor-
respondence, ed. L. H. Butterfield, vol. 1, p. 216 (1963).
45
Of America it would ill beseem any Englishman, and me perhaps as little as another, to
speak unkindly, to speak unpatriotically, if any of us even felt SO. Sure enough, America is a
great, and in many respects a blessed and hopeful phenomenon. Sure enough, these hardy
millions of Anglosaxon men prove themselves worthy of their genealogy.
But as to a
Model Republic, or a model anything, the wise among themselves know too well that there is
nothing to be said.
Their Constitution, such as it may be, was made here, not there.
Cease to brag to me of America, and its model institutions and constitutions.
THOMAS CARLYLE, Latter-Day Pamphlets, no. 1, pp. 23, 24 (1850).
10
America
er knows are
would cause
46
Nothing that we could say could add to the impressiveness of the lesson furnished
in.
by the events of the past year, as to the needs and the dangerous condition of the neglected
classes in our city. Those terrible days in July-the sudden appearance, as if from the bosom
f Commons,
of the earth, of a most infuriated and degraded mob; the helplessness of property holders
179, col. 259
and the better classes;
immense destruction of property-were the first dreadful
revelations to many of our people of the existence among us of a great, ignorant, irresponsi-
ble class who were growing up here without any permanent interest in the welfare of the
community or the success of the government.
It should be remembered that there are
ow my hope
no dangers to the value of property, or to the permanency of our institutions, SO great as
peoples will
those from the existence of such a class of vagabond, ignorant, and ungoverned children.
y, in justice,
This "dangerous class" has not begun to show itself as it will in eight or ten years when
these boys and girls are matured. Those who were too negligent or too selfish to notice
SS, Washing-
them as children, will be fully aware of them as men. They will vote. They will have the
1897-1963,
same rights as we ourselves, though they have grown up ignorant of moral principle.
They will poison society. They will perhaps be embittered at the wealth and the luxuries
"Prolonged
they never share. Then let society beware, when the outcasts, vicious, reckless multi-
he Congres-
tude
swarming now in every foul alley and low street, come to know their power and
use it.
CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY, 11th Annual Report, "written in the aftermath of the draft
terests are
riots of 1864," according to Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who quoted from it August 25,
1966.-Federal Role in Urban Affairs, hearings before the Subcommittee on Executive
eign policy,
Reorganization of the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, 89th
Congress, 2d session, part 4, p. 919 (1966).
47
America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from
barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
thout hard
Attributed to GEORGES CLEMENCEAU.-Hans Bendix, "Merry Christmas, America!"
ave lost its
The Saturday Review of Literature, December 1, 1945, p. 9.
48
nciples, p.
What then is the American, this new man? He is either an European, or the
descendant of an European, hence that strange mixture of blood, which you will find in no
other country.
J. HECTOR ST. JOHN CRÈVECOEUR, "What Is an American," Letters from an American
ike a large
Farmer, p. 54 (1782, reprinted 1925).
west. Like
ed, that all
49
The metaphor of the melting pot is unfortunate and misleading. A more accurate
analogy would be a salad bowl, for, though the salad is an entity, the lettuce can still be
mily Cor-
distinguished from the chicory, the tomatoes from the cabbage.
CARL N. DEGLER, Out of Our Past: The Forces That Shaped Modern America, rev.
ed., chapter 10, section 4, p. 296 (1970).
another, to
nerica is a
50
To me, the irony of this involvement with size, as I observed earlier, is the unwilling-
ese hardy
ness or inability of SO many Americans to identify themselves with something as vast as the
it as to a
United States. Bigger cars, bigger parking lots, bigger corporate structures, bigger farms,
at there is
bigger drug stores, bigger supermarkets, bigger motion-picture screens. The tangible and
iere.
the functional expand, while the intangible and the beautiful shrink. Left to wither is the
national purpose, national educational needs, literature and theater, and our critical facul-
ties. The national dialogue is gradually being lost in a froth of misleading self-congratula-
tion and cliché. National needs and interests are slowly being submerged by the national
preoccupation with the irrelevant.
10
11
America
Senator J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, "In Need of a Consensus," Penrose Memorial Lec-
ture, delivered to the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 20,
1961.-Proceedings of the Society, August 1961, p. 352.
51
I cannot say that I am in the slightest degree impressed by your bigness, or your
material resources, as such. Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation. The
great issue, about which hangs true sublimity, and the terror of overhanging fate, is what
are you going to do with all these things?
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY, address on university education delivered at the formal
opening of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, September 12, 1876.-Huxley,
American Addresses, p. 125 (1877).
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey used the same words in a commencement
address at the Holton-Arms School, Bethesda, Maryland, June 1967.-The Washington
Post, June 11, 1967, p. K3.
52
We cannot expect that everyone, to use the phrase of a decade ago, will "talk sense
to the American people." But we can hope that fewer people will listen to nonsense. And
the notion that this Nation is headed for defeat through deficit, or that strength is but a
matter of slogans, is nothing but just plain nonsense.
President JOHN F. KENNEDY, remarks prepared for delivery at the Trade Mart in
Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963.-Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:
John F. Kennedy, 1963, p. 891.
This speech was never delivered. President Kennedy was on his way to the Trade
Mart when he was assassinated.
Kennedy referred to Adlai E. Stevenson's slogan from the 1952 presidential election
campaign, No. 85.
53
We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven. We have been
preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth
and power, as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have
forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and
strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all
these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated
with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeem-
ing and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us!
President ABRAHAM LINCOLN, proclamation appointing a National Fast Day, March
30, 1863.-The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Roy P. Basler, vol. 6, p. 156 (1953).
54
To make it possible for our children, and for our children's children, to live in a world
of peace. To make this country be more than ever a land of opportunity-of equal opportu-
nity, full opportunity for every American. To provide jobs for all who can work, and
generous help for those who cannot work. To establish a climate of decency and civility, in
which each person respects the feelings and the dignity and the God-given rights of his
neighbor. Tb make this a land in which each person can dare to dream, can live his dreams-
not in fear, but in hope-proud of his community, proud of his country, proud of what
America has meant to himself and to the world.
President RICHARD M. NIXON, address to the nation about the Watergate investiga-
tions, April 30, 1973.-Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon,
1973, p. 332.
Nixon listed "some of my goals for my second term as President."
12
America
emorial Lec-
55
Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the
nia, April 20,
happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. The
utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their lands and property
shall never be taken from them without their consent; and, in their property, rights, and
ess, or your
liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized
nation. The
by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity, shall from time to time be made for
fate, is what
preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE, 1787, article 3.-Henry Steele Commager, ed., Documents
the formal
of American History, p. 131 (1934).
6.-Huxley,
56
We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.
mencement
President FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, fireside chat on national defense, May 26, 1940.-
Washington
The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940, p. 240 (1941).
This sentence is one of many quotations inscribed on Cox Corridor II, a first floor
"talk sense
House corridor, U.S. Capitol.
sense. And
57
Every man among us is more fit to meet the duties and responsibilities of citizen-
th is but a
ship because of the perils over which, in the past, the nation has triumphed; because of the
blood and sweat and tears, the labor and the anguish, through which, in the days that have
de Mart in
gone, our forefathers moved on to triumph.
ted States:
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, assistant secretary of the Navy, speech before the Naval War
the Trade
College, Newport, Rhode Island, June 1897.-"Washington's Forgotten Maxim," American
Ideals (vol. 13 of The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, national ed.), chapter 12, p. 198 (1926).
See No. 411 for the maxim Roosevelt felt had been forgotten.
al election
58
Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and
hardihood-the virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are
ave been
prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft
rs, wealth
We have
living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
iched and
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, letter to S. Stanwood Menken, chairman, committee on Con-
3, that all
gress of Constructive Patriotism, January 10, 1917. Roosevelt's sister, Mrs. Douglas Robin-
toxicated
son, read the letter to a national meeting, January 26, 1917.-Proceedings of the Congress
redeem-
of Constructive Patriotism, Washington, D.C., January 25-27, 1917, p. 172 (1917).
59
I see America, not in the setting sun of a black night of despair ahead of us, I see
y, March
America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning, creative hand of God. I
56 (1953).
see great days ahead, great days possible to men and women of will and vision
1 a world
CARL SANDBURG, interview with Frederick Van Ryn, This Week Magazine, January
opportu-
4, 1953, p. 11.
ork, and
Sandburg had used these words previously at a rally at Madison Square Garden,
vility, in
New York City, October 28, 1952, praising Adlai E. Stevenson during his 1952 presidential
ts of his
campaign.-The Papers of Adlai E. Stevenson, vol. 4, p. 175 (1955).
reams-
A similar prediction was made by Benjamin Franklin nearly two centuries earlier in
of what
a letter to George Washington, March 5, 1780: "I must soon quit the Scene, but you may
live to see our Country flourish, as it will amazingly and rapidly after the War is over. Like a
Field of young Indian Corn, which long Fair weather and Sunshine had enfeebled and
vestiga-
discolored, and which in that weak State, by a Thunder Gust, of violent Wind, Hail, and
Nixon,
Rain, seem'd to be threaten'd with absolute Destruction; yet the Storm being past, it
recovers fresh Verdure, shoots up with double Vigour, and delights the Eye, not of its
12
13
America
Owner only, but of every observing Traveller."-The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, ed.
Albert H. Smyth, vol. 8, p. 29 (1907).
60
If she [America] forgets where she came from, if the people lose sight of what
brought them along, if she listens to the deniers and mockers, then will begin the rot and
dissolution.
CARL SANDBURG, Remembrance Rock, epilogue, chapter 2, p. 1001 (1948).
61
Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassi-
nations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the
basic principles of Americanism-
The right to criticize.
The right to hold unpopular beliefs.
The right to protest.
The right of independent thought.
Senator MARGARET CHASE SMITH, remarks in the Senate, June 1, 1950, Congression-
al Record, vol. 96, p. 7894.
She added, "The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their
minds lest they be politically smeared as Communists or Fascists by their opponents."
These and other remarks preceded the Declaration of Conscience (p. 7895), which she
drafted and in which she was joined by six other Republican Senators.
62
Our nation stands at a fork in the political road. In one direction lies a land of
slander and scare; the land of sly innuendo, the poison pen, the anonymous phone call and
hustling, pushing, shoving; the land of smash and grab and anything to win. This is Nix-
onland. But I say to you that it is not America.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON, The New America, ed. Seymour E. Harris, John B. Martin,
and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 249 (1971).
These words were written in 1956 during Stevenson's second presidential cam-
paign.
63
If these Commentaries shall but inspire in the rising generation a more ardent love
of their country, an unquenchable thirst for liberty, and a profound reverence for the
constitution and the union, then they will have accomplished all that their author ought to
desire. Let the American youth never forget that they possess a noble inheritance, bought
by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capable, if wisely improved,
and faithfully guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterity all the substantial blessings
of life, the peaceful enjoyment of liberty, property, religion, and independence. The struc-
ture has been erected by architects of consummate skill and fidelity; its foundations are
solid; its compartments are beautiful as well as useful; its arrangements are full of wisdom
and order; and its defences are impregnable from without. It has been reared for immortal-
ity, if the work of man may justly aspire to such a title. It may, nevertheless, perish in an
hour by the folly, or corruption, or negligence of its only keepers, THE PEOPLE. Repub-
lics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when
the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the
profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people in order to betray them.
JOSEPH STORY, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 2d ed., vol.
2, chapter 45, p. 617 (1851). This passage was not in the first edition, but in all later editions.
Justice Story served in Congress 1808-1809.
14
America
nklin, ed.
64
The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but
from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colors breaking through.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE, Democracy in America, ed. J. P. Mayer, trans. George
t of what
Lawrence, vol. 1, part 1, chapter 2, p. 49 (1969). Originally published in 1835-1840.
le rot and
65
I was born on July 4, 1776, and the Declaration of Independence is my birth
certificate. The bloodlines of the world run in my veins, because I offered freedom to the
oppressed. I am many things, and many people. I am the nation.
r assassi-
I am 213 million living souls-and the ghost of millions who have lived and died for
me of the
me.
I am Nathan Hale and Paul Revere. I stood at Lexington and fired the shot heard
around the world. I am Washington, Jefferson and Patrick Henry. I am John Paul Jones, the
Green Mountain Boys and Davy Crockett. I am Lee and Grant and Abe Lincoln.
I remember the Alamo, the Maine and Pearl Harbor. When freedom called I an-
swered and stayed until it was over, over there. I left my heroic dead in Flanders Fields, on
the rock of Corregidor, on the bleak slopes of Korea and in the steaming jungle of Vietnam.
gression-
I am the Brooklyn Bridge, the wheat lands of Kansas and the granite hills of
Vermont. I am the coalfields of the Virginias and Pennsylvania, the fertile lands of the
eak their
West, the Golden Gate and the Grand Canyon. I am Independence Hall, the Monitor and
ponents."
the Merrimac.
which she
I am big. I sprawl from the Atlantic to the Pacific
my arms reach out to
embrace Alaska and Hawaii
3 million square miles throbbing with industry. I am
more than 5 million farms. I am forest, field, mountain and desert. I am quiet villages-and
a land of
cities that never sleep.
e call and
You can look at me and see Ben Franklin walking down the streets of Philadelphia
is is Nix-
with his breadloaf under his arm. You can see Betsy Ross with her needle. You can see the
lights of Christmas, and hear the strains of "Auld Lang Syne" as the calendar turns.
Martin,
I am Babe Ruth and the World Series. I am 110,000 schools and colleges, and
330,000 churches where my people worship God as they think best. I am a ballot dropped in
tial cam-
a box, the roar of a crowd in a stadium and the voice of a choir in a cathedral. I am an
editorial in a newspaper and a letter to a Congressman.
I am Eli Whitney and Stephen Foster. I am Tom Edison, Albert Einstein and Billy
dent love
Graham. I am Horace Greeley, Will Rogers and the Wright brothers. I am George Washing-
e for the
ton Carver, Jonas Salk, and Martin Luther King.
ought to
I am Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Walt Whitman and Thomas Paine.
e, bought
Yes, I am the nation, and these are the things that I am. I was conceived in freedom
mproved,
and, God willing, in freedom I will spend the rest of my days.
blessings
May I possess always the integrity, the courage and the strength to keep myself
'he struc-
unshackled, to remain a citadel of freedom and a beacon of hope to the world.
tions are
This is my wish, my goal, my prayer in this year of 1976-two hundred years after
f wisdom
I was born.
mmortal-
OTTO WHITTAKER, "I Am the Nation," Norfolk and Western Railway Company
ish in an
Magazine, January 15, 1976, front cover.
;. Repub-
This was originally written in 1955 as a public relations advertisement for the
all, when
Norfolk and Western Railway, now the Norfolk Southern Corporation, and did not contain
and the
the phrase, "the steaming jungle of Vietnam." It has been widely reprinted, generally
without attribution, has been set to music, is reprinted by some newspapers every Indepen-
I ed., vol.
dence Day, and has been read into the Congressional Record several times. Ellipses in
editions.
original.
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14
America
66
The great voice of America does not come from the seats of learning, but in a
murmur from the hills and the woods and the farms and the factories and the mills, rolling
on and gaining volume until it comes to us the voice from the homes of the common men. Do
these murmurs come into the corridors of the university? I have not heard them.
WOODROW WILSON, president of Princeton, address to Princeton University alumni,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 17, 1910.-The Papers of Woodrow Wilson, ed. Arthur S.
Link, vol. 20, p. 365 (1975).
67
I believe that we are lost here in America, but I believe we shall be found. And this
belief, which mounts now to the catharsis of knowledge and conviction, is for me-and I
think for all of us-not only our own hope, but America's everlasting, living dream.
THOMAS WOLFE, You Can't Go Home Again, chapter 48, p. 741 (1940).
68
So, then, to every man his chance-to every man, regardless of his birth, his shining,
golden opportunity-to every man the right to live, to work, to be himself, and to become
whatever thing his manhood and his vision can combine to make him-this, seeker, is the
promise of America.
THOMAS WOLFE, You Can't Go Home Again, chapter 31, p. 508 (1940).
69
America
It is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the only
place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time.
THOMAS WOLFE, Of Time and the River, book 2, chapter 14, p. 155 (1935).
70
When God made the oyster, he guaranteed his absolute economic and social secu-
rity. He built the oyster a house, his shell, to shelter and protect him from his enemies.
But when God made the Eagle, He declared, "The blue sky is the limit-build your own
house!"
The Eagle, not the oyster, is the emblem of America.
Author unknown.-Jacob M. Braude, Braude's Source Book for Speakers and Writ-
ers, p. 14 (1968).
American people
71
I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon-if I can. I seek
opportunity-not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having
the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and
to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the
guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia. I will not trade
freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any master
nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act
for myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations, and to face the world boldly and say, this I
have done. All this is what it means to be an American.
DEAN ALFANGE, creed.-Who's Who in America, 1984-85, vol. 1, p. 42. These words
have appeared at the end of his entry in several successive editions.
Originally published in This Week Magazine. Later reprinted in The Reader's Di-
gest, October 1952, p. 10, and January 1954, p. 122, lacking these words: "I will never cower
before any master nor bend to any threat" and "to stand erect, proud and unafraid."
16
American people
arning, but in a
72
Sir, since the debate opened months ago those of us who have stood against this
the mills, rolling
proposition have been taunted many times with being little Americans. Leave us the word
ommon men. Do
American, keep that in your presumptuous impeachment, and no taunt can disturb us, no
I them.
gibe discompose our purposes. Call us little Americans if you will, but leave us the consola-
tion and the pride which the term American, however modified, still imparts.
iversity alumni,
l, ed. Arthur S.
Senator WILLIAM E. BORAH, remarks in the Senate, November 19, 1919, Congres-
sional Record, vol. 58, p. 8783.
This speech, known as the "Little American" speech, referred to the treaty to
found. And this
ratify the League of Nations proposed after World War I.
; for me-and I
; dream.
73
Parties do not maintain themselves. They are maintained by effort. The government
is not self-existent. It is maintained by the effort of those who believe in it. The people of
).
America believe in American institutions, the American form of government and the Amer-
ican method of transacting business.
th, his shining,
and to become
CALVIN COOLIDGE, governor of Massachusetts, speech before the Republican Com-
seeker, is the
mercial Travelers' Club, Boston, Massachusetts, April 10, 1920.-Massachusetts State Li-
brary, George Fingold Library, Boston. Manuscripts: speeches and messages of Calvin
Coolidge, 1895-1924.
74
I do not want a honeymoon with you. I want a good marriage. I want progress, and I
it is the only
want problemsolving which requires my best efforts and also your best efforts. I have no
need to learn how Congress speaks for the people. As President, I intend to listen. But I
)35).
also intend to listen to the people themselves-all the people-as I promised last Friday. I
want to be sure that we are all tuned in to the real voice of America.
nd social secu-
enemies.
President GERALD R. FORD, address to a joint session of Congress, August 12, 1974.-
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Gerald R. Ford, 1974, p. 7.
uild your own
75
Good Americans, when they die, go to Paris.
cers and Writ-
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, chapter 6, p. 143
(1868), originally published 1858, attributing this remark to "one of the wittiest of men."
Later writers have attributed the saying to Thomas Gold Appleton, a friend of
Holmes's and a fellow member of the Saturday Club. In 1859, Ralph Waldo Emerson, also a
member of that club, recorded in one of his journals, "T. Appleton says, that he thinks all
fI can. I seek
Bostonians, when they die, if they are good, go to Paris."-Emerson in His Journals, ed.
led by having
Joel Porte, p. 486 (1982). Although neither sentence has been found in the published writ-
ild, to fail and
ings of Appleton, the remark was probably made in the presence of Holmes and Emerson.
of life to the
Oscar Wilde used Holmes's version of the statement in two of his works, The
will not trade
Picture of Dorian Gray, p. 75 (Complete Works, vol. 4, 1923), originally published 1890, and
e any master
A Woman of No Importance, p. 180 (Complete Works, vol. 7, 1923), originally published
think and act
1893.
nd say, this I
76
They are damn good projects-excellent projects. That goes for all the projects up
These words
there. You know some people make fun of people who speak a foreign language, and dumb
people criticize something they do not understand, and that is what is going on up there-
Reader's Di-
God damn it!
never cower
HARRY L. HOPKINS, head of the Works Progress Administration, in a statement
afraid."
defending the Federal Arts Project at a press conference, April 4, 1935.-Robert E. Sher-
wood, Roosevelt and Hopkins, p. 60 (1948).
16
17
American people
Sherwood says, "The reports of this conference quoted Hopkins as saying that 'the
people are too damned dumb,' and this phrase was given plenty of circulation in the press"
(p. 61). He adds in a footnote that "it will be seen from the transcript of his remarks that
of I
this particular statement was directed not at the people but at the critical orators" (p. 938).
83
77
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch
res
has been passed to a new generation of Americans.
the
mu
President JOHN F. KENNEDY, inaugural address, January 20, 1961.-The Public Pa-
pers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961, p. 1.
This is one of seven inscriptions carved on the walls at the gravesite of John F.
to
Kennedy, Arlington National Cemetery.
84
78
Has it [popular sovereignty] not got down as thin as the homeopathic soup that was
We
made by boiling the shadow of a pigeon that had starved to death?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, rejoinder in the sixth debate with Senator Stephen A. Douglas,
October 13, 1858.-The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Roy P. Basler, vol. 3, p.
8
279 (1953).
th
de
79
I think very much of the people, as an old friend said he thought of woman. He said
al
when he lost his first wife, who had been a great help to him in his business, he thought he
was ruined-that he could never find another to fill her place. At length, however, he
married another, who he found did quite as well as the first, and that his opinion now was
I
that any woman would do well who was well done by. So I think of the whole people of this
nation-they will ever do well if well done by. We will try to do well by them in all parts of
the country, North and South, with entire confidence that all will be well with all of us.
8
President-elect ABRAHAM LINCOLN, remarks at Bloomington, Illinois, November 21,
1860.-The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Roy P. Basler, vol. 4, pp. 143-44 (1953).
80
Americans never quit.
General DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, president of the American Olympic committee, com-
ment when the manager of the American boxing team in the 1928 Olympic games wanted to
withdraw the team because of what he thought was an unfair decision against an American
boxer.-The New York Times, August 9, 1928, p. 13.
81
Races didn't bother the Americans. They were something a lot better than any race.
They were a People. They were the first self-constituted, self-declared, self-created People
in the history of the world. And their manners were their own business. And so were their
politics. And so, but ten times so, were their souls.
ARCHIBALD MACLEISH, Librarian of Congress, "The American Cause," address deliv-
ered at Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, November 20, 1940.-MacLeish, A Time to
Act; Selected Addresses, p. 115 (1943).
82
Is it not the glory of the people of America, that, whilst they have paid a decent
regard to the opinions of former times and other nations, they have not suffered a blind
veneration for antiquity, for custom, or for names, to overrule the suggestions of their own
good sense, the knowledge of their own situation, and the lessons of their own experience?
To this manly spirit, posterity will be indebted for the possession, and the world for the
example, of the numerous innovations displayed on the American theatre, in favor of pri-
vate rights and public happiness.
18
American people
saying that 'the
JAMES MADISON, The Federalist, ed. Benjamin F. Wright, no. 14, p. 154 (1961).
on in the press"
This quotation was used on the official invitations to the 1985 presidential inaugural
S remarks that
of President Ronald Reagan.
rators" (p. 938).
83
The average American is just like the child in the family. You give him some
, that the torch
responsibility and he is going to amount to something. He is going to do something. If, on
the other hand, you make him completely dependent and pamper him and cater to him too
The Public Pa-
much, you are going to make him soft, spoiled and eventually a very weak individual.
President RICHARD M. NIXON, interview with Garnett D. Horner following election
site of John F.
to a second presidential term, The Washington Star-News, November 9, 1972, p. 1.
84
For the American people are a very generous people and will forgive almost any
soup that was
weakness, with the possible exception of stupidity.
WILL ROGERS, The Illiterate Digest, p. 228 (1924).
en A. Douglas,
asler, vol. 3, p.
85
Let's face it. Let's talk sense to the American people. Let's tell them the truth, that
there are no gains without pains, that we are now on the eve of great decisions, not easy
decisions, like resistance when you're attacked, but a long, patient, costly struggle which
oman. He said
alone can assure triumph over the great enemies of man-war, poverty and tyranny-and
he thought he
the assaults upon human dignity which are the most grievous consequences of each.
1, however, he
inion now was
ADLAI E. STEVENSON, governor of Illinois, speech accepting presidential nomination,
people of this
Democratic national convention, Chicago, Illinois, July 26, 1952.-Speeches of Adlai Steven-
in all parts of
son, pp. 20-21 (1952).
th all of us.
86
Americans cleave to the things of this world as if assured that they will never
November 21,
die,
They clutch everything but hold nothing fast, and so lose grip as they hurry after
143-44 (1953).
some new delight. An American will build a house in which to pass his old age and sell it
before the roof is on; he will plant a garden and rent it just as the trees are coming into
bearing; he will clear a field and leave others to reap the harvest; he will take up a
mmittee, com-
profession and leave it, settle in one place and soon go off elsewhere with his changing
nes wanted to
desires. If his private business allows him a moment's relaxation, he will plunge at once into
an American
the whirlpool of politics. Then, if at the end of a year crammed with work he has a little
spare leisure, his restless curiosity goes with him traveling up and down the vast territo-
ries of the United States. Thus he will travel five hundred miles in a few days as a
than any race.
distraction from his happiness. Death steps in in the end and stops him before he has grown
reated People
tired of this futile pursuit of that complete felicity which always escapes him. At first sight
SO were their
there is something astonishing in this spectacle of so many lucky men restless in the midst
of abundance. But it is a spectacle as old as the world; all that is new is to see a whole people
performing in it.
address deliv-
sh, A Time to
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE, Democracy in America, ed. J. P. Mayer, trans. George
Lawrence, vol. 2, part 2, chapter 13, p. 536 (1969). Originally published in 1835-1840.
87
The people reign over the American political world as God rules over the universe.
paid a decent
fered a blind
It is the cause and the end of all things; everything rises out of it and is absorbed back into
it.
3 of their own
1 experience?
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE, Democracy in America, ed. J. P. Mayer, trans. George
world for the
Lawrence, vol. 1, part 1, chapter 4, concluding sentences, p. 60 (1969). Originally published
1 favor of pri-
in 1835-1840.
18
19
American people
88
The people of those foreign countries are very, very ignorant. They looked curiously
at the costumes we had brought from the wilds of America. They observed that we talked
loudly at table sometimes. They noticed that we looked out for expenses and got what we
conveniently could out of a franc, and wondered where in the mischief we came from. In
Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We
never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.
MARK TWAIN (Samuel L. Clemens), letter appearing in the New York Herald, No-
vember 20, 1867, the day after he arrived in New York on the steamer Quaker City.-
Traveling with the Innocents Abroad; Mark Twain's Original Reports from Europe and
the Holy Land, ed. Daniel M. McKeithan, p. 316 (1958).
Twain later revised the 58 letters written on the trip and turned them into The
Innocents Abroad, where this quotation appears in "A Newspaper Valedictory," vol. 2 of
The Writings of Mark Twain, p. 437 (1897, reprinted 1968).
Animals
89
And for these also, Dear Lord, the humble beasts, who with us bear the burden and
heat of the day, and offer their guileless lives for the well-being of their country, we
supplicate Thy great tenderness of heart, for Thou hast promised to save both man and
beast. And great is Thy loving kindness, Oh Master, Savior of the world.
Attributed to ST. BASIL of Caesarea, prayer, A.D. 370.-The Washington Daily News,
April 16, 1971, p. 23. Unverified.
90
To my way of thinking there's something wrong, or missing, with any person who
hasn't got a soft spot in their heart for an animal of some kind. With most folks the dog
stands highest as man's friend, then comes the horse, with others the cat is liked best as a
pet, or a monkey is fussed over; but whatever kind of animal it is a person likes, it's all
hunkydory SO long as there's a place in the heart for one or a few of them.
WILL JAMES, Smoky, the Cow Horse, Preface, p. V (1929).
Architecture
91
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
The Bible, Psalms 118:22.
92
Architecture worth great attention. As we double our numbers every 20 years we
must double our houses. Besides we build of such perishable materials that one half of our
houses must be rebuilt in every space of 20 years. So that in that term, houses are to be
built for three fourths of our inhabitants. It is then among the most important arts: and it is
desireable to introduce taste into an art which shews SO much.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, hints to Americans travelling in Europe, letter to John
Rutledge, Jr., June 19, 1788.-The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Julian P. Boyd, vol. 13,
p. 269 (1956).
93
Architecture has its political Use; publick Buildings being the Ornament of a Coun-
try; it establishes a Nation, draws People and Commerce; makes the People love their
native Country, which Passion is the Original of all great Actions in a Common-wealth.
Architecture aims at Eternity.
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