Remarks to a Joint Session of Parliament in New Delhi

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, March 27, 2000

So let us seize this moment with humility in the fragile and fleeting nature of this life but absolute confidence in the power of the human spirit. Let us seize it for India, for America, for all those with whom we share this small planet, and for all the children that together we can give such bright tomorrows.

Thank you very much.

NOTE: The President spoke at 11:10 a.m. at the Parliament Building. In his remarks, he referred to Vice President Krishan Kant, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, and Speaker G.M.C. Balayogi of India; and Gen. Pervez Musharraf, army chief of staff, who led a coup d'etat in Pakistan on October 12, 1999. A tape was not available for verification of the content of these remarks.