Bill Clinton

These young people here should give us all a lot of courage and a lot of heart.

I transmit herewith a 6-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Burma that was declared in Executive Order 13047 of May 20, 1997.

America's foster children can finally have the name 'today.'

We now have funding to protect all these places.

I miss you, and I love you.

I think we're going to win the House back in the next election.

I do hereby proclaim December 14, 1999, as the Bicentennial Commemoration of the Death of George Washington.

There is a reason we're trying to win the House back: because of the direction we want the country to take in the new century.

I wish I were there tonight.

I call upon the people of the United States to mark this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities, paying tribute to the life and achievements of George Washington and his contributions to our Nation.

I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds.

I am proud to sign S. 335 into law today to establish a 'right to know' for sweepstakes mailing recipients and protect Americans against misleading mailing and sweepstakes practices.

I believe there are lots of other things I could say.

That crowd did a pretty good job, and I'm better off than I was 7 years ago, and the whole country is.

It hasn't hurt the economy.

We have the longest peacetime expansion in our history.

I think that what I have seen too often is that the politics of personal destruction become the preferred option only when people think they can't win the old-fashioned way.

There's no country in the world as well-positioned as we are for the next 50 years of what's going to happen.

I say this to you to say not how great we were, but that we had good ideas, focused on giving the American people the conditions and the tools to make the most of their own lives.

We are ending the century on a high note.

For me, what's important is that the policy, as implemented, does not work as I announced it and as the leaders of our military at that time in '93 pledged to implement it.

I hope you'll forgive me if I'm a little hoarse.

I would like to congratulate Turkish Prime Minister Ecevit for his government's decision to accept the EU offer.

I don't think I can serve any useful purpose by commenting on it now.

We have the highest homeownership ever, the largest surplus ever, the first back-to-back budget surpluses in 42 years.