"To keep the American Dream alive in a high-tech and unpredictable future, we have to raise our sights, and our standards. We must raise our sights above the partisanship, the prejudice, and the arrogance that keep us from acknowledging our common humanity and our common future. And we must raise our standards of academic achievement, of government productivity and customer service, of the careful preservation of the natural environment we cherish, and of our determination to protect the well-being of Washington's working families."
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People from SeattleGovernors of Washington (state)United States Secretaries of CommerceChinese AmericansUnited States Ambassadors to China
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"Governor Gary Locke's Inaugural Address" (15 January 1997)
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