Bill Clinton actually said...

The successes of the American Heritage Rivers initiative are a tribute to the efforts of thousands of citizens all across America.

I have paid a high price for it, which I accept because it caused so much pain to so many people.

I have annually transmitted notices of the continuation of this national emergency to the Congress and the Federal Register.

The violence does not demonstrate that the quest for peace has gone too far—but that it has not gone far enough.