Bill Clinton

Peace is not only better than war but infinitely more arduous.

It is easier to stay with the old grudges and the old habits.

I would like everyone in the world to pay tribute to Ireland for coming out of the famine with perhaps a greater sense of compassion for the fate of people the world over than any other nation.

God bless you, and thank you.

Today I renew America's pledge.

We shouldn't be talking about, 'If at the end of the day . . .'

I applaud the Taoiseach for his courage, but I know that the courage and the heart of the Irish people made it possible.

I'm very proud of them for doing it.

We've tried to support those who are taking risks for peace.

America will be with you as you walk the road of peace.

I could not say it better than your Nobel Prize winning poet, Seamus Heaney, has said: We are living in a moment when hope and history rhyme.

Your road is our road.

I have no advice to give him. And let me say, one of the things that I'm going to do privately--I might as well do it publicly--is to thank him for the position that he and his party have taken on this, the question of the initiatives of…

Well, that's for him to say. I haven't had a chance to talk to him. Mr. Blair. First of all, let me say, I'm absolutely delighted to meet the President and to express my admiration, not merely for his magnificent speech this morning that I…

Good afternoon. Let me say, first of all, I'm delighted to have this opportunity to meet with the British Labour leader, Tony Blair. I have followed his career with great interest, and I am anxious to have this time to visit with him about…

My message to the IRA is that the twin-tracks process has provided a mechanism for all of the parties honorably now to bring their concerns to the table and to be heard and that, in the end, peace means peace, and we're all going to have…

Mackie's plant is a symbol of Northern Ireland's rebirth.

I am proud that the United States stands with the peacemakers here.

Both sides must forgive.

I hope you will become a model for a lot of other countries as well who are struggling to build a system of free enterprise and give their energetic people the kinds of opportunities that you have found.

This legislation is vital to fund our national defense, so that the United States remains the strongest force for peace in the world.

The work of peace is really the work of a lifetime.

In many countries, these U.S. facilities provide the only accessible, safe source for these medical services.

People must make their own peace from their heads and from their hearts.

The time has come for the peacemakers to triumph in Northern Ireland, and the United States will support them as they do.