Remarks at a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Fundraiser August 8, 1994
Administration of William J. Clinton, 1994 / Aug. 8 he and his wife, Eunice, helped to organize a [At this point, Major Leo Mercado, Jr., USMC, conference on juvenile delinquency for the At- Marine Corps aide to the President, read the torney General in 1947 to his efforts for public citations, and the President presented the med- education in Chicago in the 1950's, to his lead- als.] ership of Head Start and legal services and now The President. Ladies and gentlemen, in clos- the Special Olympics, Sargent Shriver has awak- ing let me say that I couldn't help thinking, ened millions of Americans, including many in as the citations were read and I looked into this administration, to the responsibilities of the faces of our honorees and their families, service, the possibilities of change, and the sheer friends, and admirers here, that we too often joy of making the effort. reserve our greatest accolades for our citizens These recipients of the Presidential Medal of when they are gone. I wish that Cesar Chavez Freedom represent different political parties, could be here today. I am grateful that his wife different ideologies, different professions, in- is here, and I am so grateful that all these deed, even different ages. Their different eras, others are here. different races, different generations in Amer- ican history cannot be permitted to obscure the Let us remember today that the greatest gift fact of what they share in common: an unusually any of us can give the Founders of this Constitu- profound sense of responsibility to improve the tion and this Republic is to emulate the work lives of their fellow men and women, to improve of these citizens whom we honor today, every the future for our children, to embody the best day, each in our own way.
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