Bill Clinton

Our future is tied to Asia's.

Food safety research is a critical piece of my Fiscal Year 1999 food safety initiative.

The United States is on your side.

I believe that leaders of vision and imagination and courage will find a way to put China on the right side of history.

Americans enjoy the most bountiful and safe food supply in the world.

Hong Kong is China's window on the world.

Freedom and democracy are the birthrights of all people and the best guarantors of national stability and progress.

I think the forces of history will move all visionary people toward freer, more democratic societies.

We need to make every effort to maximize our current resources and authorities.

I have seen remarkable changes taking place in China and sense the possibilities of its future.

Democracy is a universal aspiration.

May the future of this special place, of China, of the relationship between the United States and China and Asia, soar like the bird that gave life to this building.

We have a fundamental interest in promoting stability and prosperity in Asia.

China is changing, but there remain powerful forces resisting change.

Political freedom, respect for human rights, and support for representative governments are both morally right and ultimately the best guarantors of stability.

An expanded food safety research agenda is essential to continued improvements in the safety of America's food.

The Vice President announced that the President declared a major disaster in New Hampshire and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding on June 12 and continuing.

This Institute should cooperate and consult with all interested parties.

Democracy has found a permanent home in Asia.

Oh, absolutely. There's no question about that. And I hope that this trip to China has helped the Chinese people understand why Americans are the way we are. Chelsea Clinton and China's Youth

And I remember looking at the maps of the world and reading about China. I was probably, I don't know, 8 or 9 years old. And I was fascinated by what I read. I always wanted to come here from that time on.

Oh, no, no. I remember--it's when I was a young boy, and I was reading--my mother and father, they got me a set of encyclopedias when I was a boy, where you go--it's world topics, A through Z--no computers, you know?

Oh, I think there are some differences. Western philosophy is probably somewhat more explicitly individualistic. And much Western philosophy is rooted either in the religious tradition of Judaism and Christianity, or in kind of the…

I want to extend my sympathies to you on behalf of the American people for the families who suffered losses in the recent flooding here.

We must work together to protect the environment, and there is a great deal that we can do together.