[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 42 (Monday, October 24, 1994)]
[Pages 2091-2092]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Remarks on Departure From the Rally for Democratic Candidates in 
Framingham

October 20, 1994

    Well, I'm glad to be here. You heard the speech in there. I hope 
you'll reelect Senator Kennedy. Thank you very much. Let's go out here 
and say Hi to them. Thank you, and thank you for the music. Give the 
band a hand--U. Mass-Lowell Band. Give them a hand. Thank you. 
[Applause]
    Can you hear? The sound is back. Ladies and gentlemen, it is 
wonderful to be back in Massachusetts, wonderful to be the first 
President since Harry Truman to come to Framingham. And I thank you all 
for coming out here today. I thank you all for participating in this 
election.
    I want to say you heard what we had to say in there; it was 
broadcast out here. I want to make one comment that I didn't say in 
there, that I hope all of you will listen to, whatever your party or 
your predispositions. One of the things that this country has got to do 
always, in every age in time, is to believe in itself.
    All this business about how we should be cynical and skeptical--I 
can tell you that everywhere I go around the world, people know the 
United States is leading the way to the future. They know our economy is 
coming back. They know we are dealing with our problems. They know we 
are promoting peace and prosperity all around the world.
    If you looked into the faces of those young Americans who were in 
Haiti last weekend when President Aristide went home, you saw the best 
of this country. This is a great country, and I am tired of people 
trying to tear it down when we ought to be building it up and moving to 
the future with confidence.
    I believe with all my heart, if you look at the results of the last 
21 months, you will have to say America is in better shape. We have 
adopted things that help ordinary Americans: the family leave law, the 
Brady bill, immunizing all the kids under 2, extending Head Start. These 
are things that make a difference to real people. And we have got

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4.5 million more jobs. The economy is coming back, and we are moving to 
the future. This is a more peaceful and a more secure country than it 
was 2 years ago. I ask you to help us to keep the country going forward. 
Let us not go back to the contract our opponents have offered. They 
promise everybody a tax cut. They promise everybody a spending increase. 
They promise everybody a balanced budget. It will get Massachusetts and 
New England right back where we were in the 1980's, exploding deficit, 
compromising our children's future, and sending our jobs overseas.
    We're going in the right direction. Help us continue to march into 
the future and keep this country the greatest country in the world, well 
into the 21st century, and help elect Ted Kennedy on November 8th.

Note: The President spoke at 1:15 p.m. at Nevins Hall, Framingham 
Memorial Building. A tape was not available for verification of the 
content of these remarks.