【正文】 the Middle remember the first time I ever heard George give a speech in Iowa, and I called a friend of mine and I said: “My God, that guy can beat is a good politician.” He has been very kind and generous to my family, and I thank him for we“re all red, white and thank former President Bush and for ing and for their service to our Bush, I loved all that stuff you I want to thank you for something 1989, after I had been governor for a long time, you were the president who finally called us together and asked us to develop national education goals for America so that all our children could get a good was the beginning of a serious reform effort, which I tried to carry through and which I know President Bush has tried to thank you for doing that and for giving me the opportunity to work with you President and for all you did in the White House and all you”ve done in the years since to make the world more just and Quincy Adams once said, “There is nothing in life so pathetic as a former president.” Well, he turned out to be wrong because of his own service, and President Carter has proved that nothing could be further from the truth.(Applause)He just told you we met 30 years ago when he was trying to help didn“t tell you that, less than a year later and less than a mile from here, Jimmy Carter asked Hillary and me to join in his campaign for the did, and as you can see from this day, it was the beginning of quite a recently spoke with President Ford, who, at 91, is unable to e andwith his extraordinary wife, they still are I received a wonderful letter from Nancy Reagan, who remains in our thoughts and thank the Fords and Nancy and the late President Reagan for their service to our want to thank all the vast numbers of Congress and former members who are here who served with couldn”t have done most of the good things we did without “em, and they”re not responsible for any of the mistakes I can“t see through all the umbrellas and all the ponchos or whatever you call those plastic things that make you all look so beautiful(laughter)but I”m pretty sure Senator Kerry“s out if he is, I want to thank him and I”m glad he“s back on the job.(Applause)I want to thank the people of my beloved home state for your support, for your love, your friendship, the trust, the sacrifices you so willingly made when we worked together here and when you carried me to the White thank the friends of a lifetime who also made indispensable ”ve said a lot of times I may be the only guy that ever got elected president because of his personal thank my pastor, Rex Horne, and all the other ministers here who have taught me, prayed with me, and counseled me over the thank God for my family and Hillary“s lot of them are here today, and I thank you for making this whole long I said, I do wish my mother were would have enjoyed seeing all of you, even in the rain, and I promise you(he laughs)you would have enjoyed seeing of all, I want to thank Hillary and Hillary”s a senator and she has all the power in our family, but she“s proving what I always has the best bination of mind and heart, conviction and passion I”ve ever encountered, though I must say Chelsea is giving her mother a good , your life and our love for you gave meaning to our public made the presidency the secondmost important job I ever love you both so let me lastly thank the people who have contributed to and built this library: the School of Public Service and the foundation, my staff, my former staff, the board, the architects, the exhibit designers, the landscapers, the contractors, the 1,500 people who put this building up, the city and state officials who supported thank especially the architects, Jim Polshek and Richard Olcott。there39。em,andthey39。,andIthankyouformakingthiswholelongtrip.LikeIsaid,evenintherain,andIpromiseyou(helaughs)youwouldhaveenjoyedseeingher.Mostofall,39。rerepresenteduphereonthisstage:coervatism,whichatitsverybestdrawslinesthatshouldnotbecroed。RalphAlebaumforthewonderfulexhibitandmylongtimefriend,BillClark,whosepanybuiltthisbuilding.IalsowanttosaythatIthankthoseofyouwhoarecontinuingtohelpintheworkofthelibraryandthefoundation.ThislibrarytellsthestoryofAmericaattheendofthe20thcentury,ofpeoplefromallracesandethnicgrouandreligiofromaroundtheworld,andwehadtochangetheroleofgovernmenttodealwiththat.Thatwholestoryishere,in80milliondocuments,21millionstwoofthemmine(laughter)2millionphotographs,and80,weareaskingmorethan100,000ofthesedocumentstobeopenedearlybeforethelawrequires.IthankthosewhoareworkingontheClintonSchoolofPublicService,becauseIwantmoreyoungpeopletogointopublicservice.IthankthosewhoareworkinginHarlemandhereonmyfoundationorwhovisitusontheInternet,asHillarysaid,whohelpustopromotereligiousandracialreconciliation,toadvancecitizenservice,topromoteeconomicempowermentforpoorpeopleinpoormunities,theCariean,IndiaandChina,wehavesucceededincuttingthepriceofthetestingequipmentandgenericdrugsby70percent,andwehopeby2006,andexpect,toserveover2millionpeoplewithmedicinewhowerenotgettingitonthedayIleftoffice.Nowthislibrary,ofcourse,eventhoughit39。,IwanttothankhimandI39。reallred,whiteandblue.,afterIhadbeengovernorforalongtime,.39。and progressivism, which at its very best breaks down barriers that are no longer needed or should never have been erected in the first seemed to me that in 1992 we needed to do both to prepare America for the 21st centuryto be more conservative in things like erasing the deficit and paying down the debt, and preventing crime and punishing criminals, and protecting and supporting families, and enforcing things like child support laws, and reforming the military to meet the new challenges of the 21st we needed to be more progressive in creating good jobs, reducing poverty, increasing the quality of public education, opening the doors of college to all, increasing access to health care, investing more in science and technology, and building new a