Bill Clinton

With these strengthened sanctions, we will diminish the Belgrade regime's ability to continue its campaign of repression and defiance.

What is at stake there, what was at stake in Bosnia, and what will doubtless be at stake elsewhere in the world in the years ahead is whether Mr. Milosevic's vision of ethnic cleansing ... or our democratic vision of ethnic tolerance and…

But today, our economy is the strongest in a generation, and our environment is the cleanest in a generation.

We've set the toughest standards in decades for smog and soot, which will prevent millions of cases of childhood asthma.

Let that be our prayer tonight and our determination.

I think history will record that the world spent the last days of this millennium compiling lists.

Not only will we enhance our long-term prosperity, we will ensure that our children inherit a living, breathing Earth, our most important obligation of all.

All Americans are still hurting for the families of Littleton and seeking ways that each of us can help to give our children less violent, more wholesome childhoods.

I have signed an Executive order strengthening economic sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Today, people are breathing easier all across our country.

I again ask Mr. Milosevic to let the Kosovars come home, with the Serb forces out, and an international force in to protect all the people.

The proposal would achieve a dramatic reduction in air pollution for the 21st century, and it would do so in the most cost effective and flexible ways.

All property and interests in property of the Governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) are hereby blocked.

These paintings are symbols of the human spirit.

We must take steps towards a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

The policy of zero tolerance for guns in schools led to 6,000 expulsions or suspensions in the last year alone.

The ban on new investment by United States persons in the territory of Serbia continues in effect.

The push and pull of modern life adds incalculable new burdens to the work of parents.

The spirit of America can triumph in this troubling moment, and I am convinced it will.

The following are prohibited: the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or indirectly, from the United States.

We should recognize the simple truth that there is no simple, single answer.

I urge all Americans to take time during this month to reaffirm our commitment, as individuals and as a Nation, to meet the challenges of an aging society.

This terrible tragedy must not be an occasion for silence.

Any transaction by a United States person that evades or avoids any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

Strong growth, high investment, low inflation, and low unemployment are a winning combination.