Bill Clinton

“ Thanksgiving, when we all bask in the generosity and hospitality of our own family and friends, reminds us that we also belong to a larger community full of people who often are not as fortunate as we are. ”

“ As President, this is my first year to have the honor of accepting the annual Thanksgiving turkey and granting the turkey the annual Presidential pardon. After this ceremony, this turkey will retire to a 1930s working farm replica in Northern Virginia.
We've come together today to have a little the but also to express our gratitude in this Thanksgiving season for God's many blessings, a time to impress upon younger people the heritage of our Nation and the commitment we all have to justice and freedom and peace.
It's also a time to reach out in service to others not as fortunate as we are. ”