If Not Us, Who? And If Not

I Would Like To Dissolve The $10 Billion National Department Of Education Created By President Carter And Turn Schools Back To The Local School Districts, Where We Built The Greatest Public School System The World Has Ever Seen. I Think I Can Make A Case That The Decline In The Quality Of Public Education Began When Federal Aid Became Federal Interference.

I Think There Are Some Things ... That May Even Be Distorted In The Practice, Such As Some Affirmative Action Programs Becoming Quota Systems. And I'm Old Enough To Remember When Quotas Existed In The United States For The Purpose Of Discrimination, And I Don't Want To See That Happen Again.

Before I Refuse To Take Your Questions, I Have An Opening Statement.

We Have Consistently Supported A Legalization Program Which Is Both Generous To The Alien And Fair To The Countless Thousands Of People Throughout The World Who Seek Legally To Come To America. The Legalization Provisions In This Act Will Go Far To Improve The Lives Of A Class Of Individuals Who Now Must Hide In The Shadows, Without Access To Many Of The Benefits Of A Free And Open Society. Very Soon Many Of These Men And Women Will Be Able To Step Into The Sunlight And, Ultimately, If They Choose, They May Become Americans.

I Heard One Presidential Candidate Say That What This Country Needed Was A President For The Nineties. I Was Set To Run Again. I Thought He Said A President In His Nineties.