Bill Clinton

Let me say again, I think it is wrong.

I look forward to being with you tomorrow in a land where the waste of war is finally giving way to the promise of peace.

I'm optimistic that we will balance the budget, and I know we have come too far to let this opportunity slip away.

We passed a tough crime bill, and that helped people all across America to bring the crime rate down.

Thanks for doing a great job.

Today I announced that we will provide Federal disaster assistance in situations where response is beyond the capability of State and local governments.

I want every child in the State of Ohio and in the United States to be able to look forward to a brighter future.

Unemployment is down in Ohio from 7 percent to under 5 percent.

You must do that for yourselves and especially for your children.

I want to report to you this afternoon and to the American people about the progress we've made toward achieving a balanced budget that reflects our values.

I think that she should do that.

Every American knows that we are living in a time of great change.

It worked. It took a few years, but it worked finally. On my daughter's 8th birthday, her grandmother's present was that she quit smoking. Ms. Ellerbee. Mr. President, do you have any final thoughts for kids on this issue?

Oh, I think directly. I think children should not be self-conscious about that. I can tell you, you know, Chelsea did some very blunt things to her grandmother. She said, ``You ever seen a picture of a lung where people have smoked for…

We can balance a budget in 7 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office, without having dangerously low levels of commitment to Medicare and Medicaid.

We could balance the budget, literally, in 15 minutes tomorrow afternoon.

I have been for and I continue to be for giving the States far more flexibility in the way they run the programs.

I don't believe that.

I do not agree with changes that I think will, in effect, break up Medicare and put more and more seniors at the mercy of the present private insurance system.

The issue here is over the policies involving Medicare, Medicaid, education, the environment...

We can balance the budget.

I am for balancing the budget in 7 years, but I want to protect the fundamental priorities of the American people.

We have bent over backwards to reach good faith, honorable, principled compromise.

I am deeply committed to working with the Congress to reach bipartisan agreement on an acceptable welfare reform bill that addresses these and other concerns.

You young people cannot believe the potential influence you can have.