William J. Clinton
The 42nd president of the
United States (1993-2001)

American Security in a Changing World

In this speech, delivered on August 6, 1996, President Bill Clinton reflected on the challenges of living in an interdependent world and called upon the American people to “break down the walls in our mind between foreign and domestic policy.” He also warned that terrorism is “the enemy of our generation.”

A Foreign Policy for the Global Age

Toward the very end of his presidency, Bill Clinton delivered this address on December 11, 2000, summing up his foreign policy beliefs. He argued that the needs of an interdependent world dictated that America help other countries to pull themselves out of poverty and once again drew attention to the danger that terrorism posed to the United States. He ended with a rousing appeal for the United States “not to squander the best moment in our history on small-mindedness.”