Bill Clinton

Title IX has broken down barriers and expanded opportunities.

I am pleased to have signed into law H.R. 1871.

I carried the ticket stub for 25 years.

We have to find a way to highlight and celebrate Africa's successes.

Tonight we're going to have a celebration of one of the most gifted singers and performers of the last four decades, Gladys Knight.

Today we are celebrating, resolving, and moving forward to make sure that all of our people, and especially every one of our girls and young women have the opportunities they deserve.

I will also be discussing this plan with other leaders at our summit in Denver next week.

She deserves a lot of the credit for bringing those sounds to a much wider audience through a long string of hit records.

A stronger, stable, prosperous Africa will be a better partner for security and peace.

On balance, however, this bill is a vast improvement over the legislation that I vetoed on June 9.

This new initiative upon which we have agreed has five key elements.

The important thing is to use it wisely and carefully so that it provides meaningful coverage to as many children as possible.

If every block in this country had one or two small businesses succeeding on it, there would be people on that block employed.

There are also major provisions that the Administration strongly opposes.

The true heroes and patriots are the many people of both communities who work tirelessly and peacefully for reconciliation and understanding.

We have evidence now.

That is really what the Presidents' Summit of Service was all about in Philadelphia.

The overwhelming majority of the people of Ireland, North and South, join me in repudiating violence and murder.

There is nothing patriotic or heroic about these cowardly killings.

I wanted all of our citizens to be responsible, to take responsibility for themselves, their families, and others in their communities.

I still believe we can, and I want you to believe that.

Nobody's fooled with this.

The approach represents a major step forward.

You cannot leave people isolated for 18 years from the mainstream of economic and social life.

Further violence can only play into the hands of those responsible for the vicious murders of the two policemen.