George H.W. Bush

These considerations suggest that it is time to rethink our national policies for science and technology.

This treaty marks an achievement of fundamental importance not only to the United States and Russia but to the whole world.

The United Nations has made it clear to the Iraqis that the United Nations inspection teams are prepared to resume their work.

My Council of Advisors on Science and Technology has recently reported on signs of stress in our universities.

The START II Treaty is a milestone in the continuing effort by the United States and the Russian Federation to address the threat posed by strategic offensive nuclear weapons.

We'll have more to say about that when we do a fuller briefing on the mission itself. But any time you divulge plans when somebody's life is at stake, it is not a good thing to do. I just never understood it. I don't like it. I saw it…

Just his failure to live up to the resolutions and then his moving around of these missiles in a way that was unacceptable to the coalition of the United Nations.

No, absolutely not. I'm President until the 20th, and I will run foreign policy and make these kinds of decisions as long as I'm President. We will keep the new team fully informed. And I believe they've been very generous and gracious in…

Well, I don't know what ``work'' means, but I am confident that when I--I will continue to insist that he abide by these resolutions. We've taken action, and I hope that will convince him he must do that. And I'm as confident that…

John, welcome. This is a surprise. [Laughter] [Inaudible]--are very proud to award you the National Security Medal. And I would ask Bill Sittmann to read a very quick citation. We're sorry to blindside you like this, but the only way we…

I've always believed that in each individual, there's a Point of Light waiting to be revealed; in each community, a thousand miracles waiting to happen.

People, people, not programs, solve problems.

I transmit herewith the 12th Annual Report of the Department of Energy.

I came over here to thank all of you and to salute the members, past and present, of our Armed Forces.

It doesn't matter who you are. Everybody's got something to give: a job skill, a free hour, a pair of strong arms.

If I could leave but one legacy to this country, it would not be found in policy papers or even in treaties signed or even wars won; it would be return to the moral compass that must guide America through the next century.

Our comprehensive action-oriented approach to global climate change was adopted by the world community at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Brazil.

The Chemical Weapons Convention is now completed and open for signature.

We worked to achieve both while sacrificing neither--as must all nations in the coming century.

I look forward to a time when our natural vistas and urban skylines are never obscured by smog.

And the strategy worked.

We broke new ground and old records, filing more cases, collecting more penalties, and putting more polluters behind bars than every previous administration in history combined.

Few people believe more in liberty's inevitable triumph than Ronald Reagan.

Inflation and interest rates are at their lowest levels in a generation.

Only then will we be able to say that the risk of chemical warfare is no longer a threat to people anywhere in the world.