Bill Clinton

We will work to build this peace, to make it a place where children can dream.

You have agreed to bury the violence of the past; now you have to build a peaceful and prosperous future.

Yesterday's announcement that Martin McGuinness will oversee decommissioning issues for Sinn Fein is an important step.

The future still is up to you.

I am very, very proud to be the first American President to visit Armagh.

Courage and reconciliation were the heart of your commitment to peace.

I think the only way to truly redeem such a terrible loss is to make the memories of the innocents monuments to peace.

I ask that the American people remember in their prayers the families who lost loved ones on that flight.

So much more unites you than divides you: the values of faith and family, work and community.

Today, Americans see you as Inis Fa'il, and your destiny is peace.

Iraq's refusal to cooperate with UNSCOM and the IAEA is totally unacceptable.

Nothing any of us can say will erase the pain that those of you who have experienced loss know now.

It is you who have told your leaders that you long for peace as never before.

Violence must be a thing of the past, over, done with, gone.

The United States will continue to do everything we can to assist the Canadian and Swiss authorities in the search for survivors and to determine the cause of the accident.

The cornerstone of U.S. policy is to contain Iraq and prevent it from threatening regional peace and security.

The question is: How will you react to it all, to the violence?

We join the American people in extending our deepest sympathies to the families of the passengers and crewmembers aboard the aircraft.

Peace brings peace of mind and prosperity and new friends eager to see this historic and compelling land for the first time.

Now, at last, your answer is yes.

We come to tell you that, a long way away, the American people have mourned the loss of 28 innocents and all those who were injured.

Your will for peace, after all, has brought your country to this moment of hope.

I want to thank the Canadian Government and people for the extraordinary way in which they responded to this tragedy.

You have dared to dream of a better tomorrow.

Life will never be the same here, but it will go on.