09/26/2003
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Dr. Hooks once said, 'You've got to believe that tomorrow somehow can be and will be better than today.'"
"As he said to a joint meeting of our Congress: 'Liberia will become a brilliant beacon, an example to Africa and to the world of what the love of liberty can achieve.'"
"he continues to advocate for a free Cuba in which the rights of all people are respected."
"To the citizens of that land, I send the respect and good wishes of the United States."