Bill Clinton

The spirit of the Olympics can help that, and all of you can embody that for the rest of your lives.

There are many of those who say, 'Well, Mr. President, you're overstating the case because the birth rate among married couples has dropped so much.' It may be.

Most of those people were obsessed with working hard and taking care of their families and building a better future for their children, and they never doubted they could do it.

Our mission at this moment in history, I believe, is to ensure the American dream for the next generation.

Every day, you are challenging us to think and to care through your newspapers.

You are the embodiment of what the rest of us try to create every day.

This is the first time any country has acted on the international call for trade sanctions to protect endangered species, but if the illegal trade in rhinos and tigers is not eliminated, these species could be extinct in 5 years. This…

Well, thank you, Vince, and thanks for blazing away for us and making people believe that we could actually do something to improve life in public housing. You showed me that it could be done years ago, and I'm convinced that maybe we can…

Great. [Mr. Lane, Chicago Housing Authority chairman, thanked the President for his leadership in sending Secretary Cisneros and involving Attorney General Reno to address the problems in Chicago public housing.]

Hi, Bobby. Nice to hear your voice, Congressman. [Representative Rush thanked the President and called on Congress to assist in finding resources to improve public housing. He then introduced a community leader who listed problems facing…

And that's one of the things that we tried to do in rewriting it over on the House side, was to get some money in there so that we could determine the impact on the crime rate of providing jobs for people. I think--of course, I know you…

Thank you. You know, there's some money in the--some significant money, especially in the House version of the crime bill, that would provide for some jobs for young people in high crime areas. Senator Moseley-Braun. Right.

Good morning, Senator. [Senator Moseley-Braun suggested that the public housing problem be addressed by investing money in securing buildings, providing security forces, and creating jobs and opportunity.]

Well, what the United Nations wants is for the Serbs to stop the shelling and to withdraw and to resume the negotiations. I don't want to compare it exactly to Sarajevo; there are some tactical and factual differences. But that's what they…

The U.N. resolution gives NATO the authority to act. We are acting solely under the existing U.N. resolution which has been approved by the Security Council.

That the latest strikes were a direct response to General Rose's request for close air support, that the continued Serb shelling of Gorazde put the U.N. personnel there in danger, and that the air strikes were conducted in strict…

I am pleased to report that these operations were successful, that no hostilities were encountered, and that no casualties were suffered by U.S. forces in this operation.

I want to begin with a discussion of the crime bill and the importance of proceeding deliberately and quickly to pass it.

I honestly believe that we may be at the dawn of a new American renaissance.

I transmit herewith the recommendations for changes to the Panama Canal Commission.

We have to be firm in pursuing the policy that we say we have.

Rhonda Winston's solid legal background and dedication to justice will be a great asset to the DC Superior Court and the Nation's Capital.

It is my hope that the clear resolve of the United Nations and NATO as shown by these actions will encourage the parties to the conflict in the former Yugoslavia to respect the decisions of the Security Council concerning the protection of…

I cannot succeed as President unless you succeed and unless you succeed in mobilizing millions of our countrymen and women for the important tasks that face us.

Well, every time we have been firm, though, in the end it's been a winner for the peace process.