Bill Clinton

The United States of America has a real, profound and enduring interest in the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, and security of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

The United States of America warmly welcomes the success of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in regaining their freedom and resuming their rightful places in the community of nations.

The United States of America recalls its longstanding support for the enlargement of the EU, affirming it as a core institution in the new Europe.

I want to thank George Soros for his visionary generosity.

The United States of America welcomes the aspirations and supports the efforts of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to join NATO.

The right to worship according to one's own conscience is essential to our dignity as human beings.

We cannot grow at home unless we help others to grow abroad.

It is absolutely imperative that Congress take action now to get tobacco companies out of the business of marketing cigarettes to children.

That's why we've taken a leadership role in addressing the current turbulence in Asia and in strengthening the institutions of the international financial system.

We want to get it done ahead of schedule.

We need more investment in these areas of high unemployment.

There has been an amazing turnaround in America's fight against crime in the last few years.

Millions of people of different faiths call America home.

We're going to watch this a day at a time and see what happens.

We have to create the conditions, the environment that will enable us to be good partners.

I don't believe that for a minute.

We must continue to proclaim the fundamental right of all peoples to believe and worship according to their own conscience.

This is America's opportunity to close the opportunity gap.

If we are going to do that, we must bring more Americans into the winner's circle.

Martin Luther King said once that we are all caught in an inescapable web of mutuality.

So today is a good day.

Hillary and I extend best wishes to all for a new year full of health, happiness, prosperity, and peace.

I encourage members of the Advisory Board to participate with Board Member Linda Chavez-Thompson and the AFL-CIO in these forums.

Warm greetings to all those celebrating the Lunar New Year.

The entry into the United States as immigrants and nonimmigrants of members of the military junta in Sierra Leone and members of their families, is hereby suspended.