11/01/1999
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"We should see ourselves as they see us, a nation of doers, of optimists, a nation with a future, leading the world to a future of peace and prosperity."
"We hope they will continue as appropriate."
"This G-7 meeting opened in an atmosphere of much greater optimism than the meeting we held last year."
"Most importantly, the world is well underway to a significant economic recovery."