[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.