And I'd like to say to the Senate, I hope you will say yes to a stronger American democracy in the year 2000.
William J. ClintonTo the extent that our workers compete with low-paid Mexicans, it is as much through undocumented immigration as trade. This pattern threatens low-paid, low-skill U.S. workers. The combination of domestic reforms and NAFTA-related growth in Mexico will keep more Mexicans at home. It is likely that a reduction in immigration will increase the real wages of low-skilled urban and rural workers in the United States.
William J. ClintonBeing President is a little like being the grounds-keeper at a cemetery: there's plenty of people below you but no one's listening.
William J. ClintonCommunications and commerce are global; investment is mobile; technology is almost magical; and ambition for a better life is now universal. We earn our livelihood in peaceful competition with people all across the earth. Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world, and the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy.
William J. Clinton