    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book II)]
    [October 6, 1996]
    [Pages 1778-1779]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Remarks at a Rally in Hartford
    October 6, 1996

        The President. Thank you. Folks, thank you for waiting. Thank you
    for being here. I would like to--first of all, I want you, before you
    lose all your enthusiasm, join me in thanking our musicians, the Mike
    Rubow Quintet, the Trinity College--[applause]--thank you very much,
    from Trinity College. Thank you.
        Audience member. Where's Hillary?
        The President. Let me say I'm about all talked out tonight. But I
    want to thank you for being here. Hillary and Chelsea had to go home;
    thanks for asking. But I believe the American people tonight got an
    accurate picture of the differences in this election and the stakes in
    the election. And I personally thought that Senator Dole did a very good
    job of stating his position. I did the best I could to state mine.
        Audience members. Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!
        The President. I want to ask you to--I want you to keep cheering
    that for a month--but I want you to think about this. There are just
    about 4 weeks left, 4 weeks from Tuesday. And all of you--I'm really
    glad to see so many young people in this audience tonight. The one thing
    that is hard to convey in a debate like this, because all the answers
    and questions, you know, have to be done in a set period of time, is the
    whole sweep of this time we're living in.
        And I just want you to know that my honest belief is that the future
    that you will live will be the most interesting, unpredictable, and
    positive ways--time in all of human history, if we do the right things
    to make sure that everybody has a chance to live up to the fullest of
    their ability and if we don't forget that the First Lady is right: It
    does take a village. We have to do this together. We have to do this
    together. And so, I just want to ask you to----
        Audience member. It takes a village to raise a child.
        The President. It sure does. Give him a hand. [Applause] And so
    look--so I want to ask you to keep this enthusiasm for 4 weeks and 2
    days and to take a little time every day to engage your friends and
    neighbors about what's at stake in this election. This is really about
    how we're all going to live when we start a new century and how this
    country is going to be when your kids are your age. We're on the right
    track. You've given me a great boost tonight. Let's bear down and bring
    it home.

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        Thank you.

    Note: The President spoke at 11:36 p.m. in the Main Hall of Hartford
    Union Station.