We will reduce the White House staff by 25 percent

Character doesn't matter.

I refuse to be part of a generation that celebrates the death of communism abroad with the loss of the American dream at home.

Most of the major mistakes I made in my life, I made when I was too tired to know what I was doing - both personally and professionally.

And I'd like to say to the Senate, I hope you will say yes to a stronger American democracy in the year 2000.

Heavy as they are, the costs of action must be weighed against the price of inaction. If Saddam defies the world and we fail to respond, we will face a far greater threat in the future. Saddam will strike again at his neighbors; he will make war on his own people. And mark my words, he will develop weapons of mass destruction. He will deploy them, and he will use them.

Remember, Republican economic policies quadrupled the debt before I took office and doubled it after I left. We simply can't afford to double-down on trickle-down.