Bill Clinton actually said...

"Today's decision sends a positive signal to the financial markets that the tough financial measures Mexico has undertaken are succeeding and the American taxpayer is being repaid ahead of schedule."

"It's a great honor for me to be able to present today the National Medal of Arts and the Charles Frankel Prize in the Humanities to a distinguished group of Americans."

"Our support for them is not the preservation of some extravagant cultural elite, it is the preservation of our cultural tradition for all Americans."

"We thank all of you for coming."