President Clinton’s Farewell Address: 25th Anniversary

President Clinton’s Farewell Address: 25th Anniversary

On January 18, 2001, President Bill Clinton delivered his farewell address from the Oval Office. After eight years marked by 22 million new jobs, the lowest unemployment rate in 30 years, record homeownership, and meaningful progress toward cleaner air and safer water, he reflected on the enduring power of civic responsibility: “I will never hold a position higher or a covenant more sacred than that of President of the United States. But there is no title I will wear more proudly than that of citizen.”