01/03/2001
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"Let us uphold the tradition of observing a day in which every American, in his or her own way, may come before God seeking increased peace, guidance, and wisdom for the challenges ahead."
"We cannot allow anything—anything—to derail the peace process, and I don't believe we will."
"The agreement made in 1984 by China and Great Britain...clearly commits China to respect not only the economic liberties but also the political and civil liberties of the people of Hong Kong."
"As you know, there's now an inquiry going on, and the instructions that I have given on this are the same instructions I gave on the Gulf war issue, which is to get to the bottom of it, find the facts..."