I think there's a slight and, I hope, a short recession.

Well, all I've heard is that we are waiting for more details and that Kania is out.

No, I heard a statement about—that would have to be a worldwide boycott, because there are plenty of customers for oil, and you've got to make sure that none of them would take the place.

France and America never have been and, I pray, never will.

The durability of Franco-American friendship proves there is constancy in change.

I wish I could take the time to salute all the rest of you individually, but where would I begin?

I ask you all to join me in saluting Francois Mitterrand, a leader of vision and courage.

I think you would agree it's slightly unusual for France as the visiting nation to host the first meal between our two countries.

Your unmatched patriotism, integrity, stamina, and sense of humor have contributed to the well-being of your country in countless ways.

At a time when we are striving to restore the economic stability that is essential to the overall strength of this Nation, we cannot lose sight of the nation's debt to those brave veterans who have sacrificed their life and limb for the…

You have raised the spirits of the American people.

I haven't thought about this—that it might be impossible to enforce.