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PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON
REMARKS AT GOREE ISLAND, SENEGAL
APRIL 2,1998
[acknowledgments]
Here, on a tiny island in the Atlantic, Africa and America meet. One expands to the east, its
potential as vast as its landmass. The other lies over the horizon, to the west, a thriving
democracy built through centuries of trial and error,fcouuU C lliejiemise ufslaver
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America has enjoyed a glorious history, accomplishing things our founders never imagined when
they signed the Declaration of Independence 222 years ago. But we have not always lived up to
the promise of that document. For some, there was no promise at all - just a command. Today I
saw a house of deportation built in 1776. At the very moment Thomas Jefferson was writing the
words that declared a new beginning for humankind, a new building was conceived and
dedicated to the selling of souls.
Island had no Declaration of Independence, no Constitution, no Bill of Rights. Butjjthis
place is as much a part of our history as the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. And here began a
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across the ocean. Through an opening marked "door of no return," they left their friends and
families one last time. They came from different places, but as Africa faded from view, their
fates were joined forever to the New World waiting across the Atlantic. Those who survived the
murderous Middle Passage emerged from a dark hold to find themselves American. It would be
a long time before they enjoyed the full meaning of that word.
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shadow c^sj by slavery stretched far beybodjlre-iiational agony of civil. wafc^Generation aftej
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human rights. PresideM^nunan integrated the armed forces. Topekajvlwrtgotnery, Little Rock
and Selma are foreign places to Afrieaii^ but they are sjcfctTshrines in my country, where the
descendants of Africa seized theirrighJful^fiare^jLtbeAmerican Dream. We can only move
forward as fellow.
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The African experience in America proves affirmation is more powerful than affliction. The
struggle to overcome slavery forms one of the most painful chapters in our history. It is also one
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ovpcame these iibultsjwith dignity, ciWag^ahd immense\mo^rstrength.! They proved the
spirit can never be enslaved. Their struggle for equality was the ultimate test of everything we
hold sacred in America. Their victory was a vindication of the democracy cherished by all
Americans.
As I return to the United States, 1 am grateful to the Africans who have opened my eyes to this
extraordinary part of the world. This trip has brought home to me how powerful an engine
democracy is. And I have releamed what too many Americans forget: that America is now
more than ever the hope of the world. In tiny villages like Kisowera, Ugandans showed me
schools that will allow children to reach across the Atlantic by internet. In cities like Cape Town
and Soweto, South African leaders repeated to me the words of Americans who inspired them to
take a higher road. That is what America stands for to Africa. And now that Africa is looking to
us, we must not look away.
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nation o^coloi^.Because everything that is right about America is in some measure due to the
contributions of African-Americans. There is no area of American achievement that has not
been touched by the sunshine of Africa, from science and medicine to literature, art, and music.
White and black, Latino, Asian, Middle Eastern, European and everything in between, we arc the
sum of many parts ... a community of communities ... a nation of nations. Together, we face the
future as one America, undaunted and undivided.
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Michael: Here's the most recent version, with
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of your ideas about acknowledging the emotional
power of this place, and resolving on the site of
Goree Island never to forget the ideals that made
America America. But folks here wanted something
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON
REMARKS AT GOREE ISLAND, SENEGAL
APRIL 2,1998
[acknowledgments]
Here, on a tiny island in the Atlantic, Africa and America meet. One expands to the east, its
potential as vast as the landmass before us. The other lies just over the horizon, to the west, a
thriving democracy built through centuries of trial and error. Long after the demise of slavery,
Goree Island still beckons to the New World, connecting two continents and reminding us that a
nation built on dreams offreedomwas also built on bondage.
America has enjoyed a glorious history, accomplishing things our founders never dreamed when
they signed the Declaration of Independence 222 years ago. But we have not always li ved up to
the promise of that document. For some, there was no promise at all - just a command. Today I
saw a slave house built in 1776. At the very moment Thomas Jefferson was writing the words
that declared a new beginning for humankind, slavery was given a new lease on life.
Goree Island had no Declaration of Independence, no Constitution, no Bill of Rights. But this
place is as much a part of our history as the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. And here began
the ultimate test of whether our society could live up to its promise. The answer has been a long
time coming.
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From Goree and other places, Africa's sons and daughters were taken against their will and sent
across the ocean. For them, the dream was a nightmare. Through an opening marked "doorway
of no return," they left theirfriendsand families forever. They camefromdifferent places, but
as Africa faded from view, their fates were joined forever to the New World waiting across the
Atlantic. Those who survived the murderous Middle Passage emergedfroma dark hold to find
themselves American. It would be a long time before they enjoyed the full meaning of that
word.
No one can come to Goree and fail to be shaken by the evil that was done here. It serves little
purpose to fix the blame long after the fact - there is plenty to go around. Northerners and
Southerners drove the slave trade. Africans sold their own kin, England, France, Spain,
Portugal, Holland all traded in human traffic. But only one nation was conceived in liberty.
Only one had the audacity to declare human beings equal - and to inspire the rest of humanity
with that belief.
All Americans should think long and hard about the contradiction at the center of our past. It
does not diminish us - it raises us to consider the breach and do our utmost to bridge it.
We cannot step backward through the doorway of no return. But we know our history. The
shadow cast by slavery stretched far beyond the national agony of civil war. Generation after
generation, until my own lifetime, millions upon millions of African-Ameri cans worked hard ...
obeyed the law ... built homes and communities. They loved America - but they were not full
members of the American family.
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In the last fifty years, we have made progress toward righting these wrongs. In 1948, the year
the world reasserted universal human rights, President Truman integrated the armed forces.
Change followed quickly. Topeka, Montgomery, Little Rock and Selma are foreign places to
Africans, but they are sacred shrines in my country, where the descendants of Africa seized their
rightful share of the American Dream. Slowly, but irrevocably, the veil of racism is lifting, and
we are learning at long last that true democracy is colorblind. We are moving forward as fellow
Americans, sharing one nation, indivisible, under God, with liberty and justice for all.
The African experience in America proves affirmation is more powerful than affliction. The
struggle to overcome slavery forms one of the most painful chapters in our history. It is also one
of the most heroic. It is not separate from the American story; it is the essence of the American
story. I think it needs to be re-said: a people who can withstand four centuries of the worst kind
of oppression can withstand anything. The poorest immi grant at Ellis Island was never
considered three fifths of a human being; every African man, woman and child was so defined in
the Constitution. But they overcame these insults with dignity, courage and immense moral
strength. They proved the spirit can never be enslaved. Their struggle for equality was the
ultimate test of everything we hold sacred in America. Their resounding victory was a
vindication for all Americans.
As I return to the United States, I am grateful to the Africans who have opened my eyes to this
extraordinary part of the world. This trip has brought home to me how powerful an engine
democracy is. And I have relearned what too many Americans forget: that America is now
more than ever the hope of the world. In tiny villages like Kisowera, Ugandans showed me
schools that will allow children to reach across the Atlantic by internet. In cosmopolitan cities
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like Cape Town, South African leaders repeated to me the words of great Americans who
inspired them to take a higher road. That is what America stands for to Africa. And now that
Africa is looking to us, we must not look away.
I am proud my country has a historic family tie to this land. And I am proud to be President of a
nation of color. Because everything that is right about America is in some measure due to the
contributions of African-Americans. There is no area of American achievement that has not
been touched by the sunshine of Africa,fromscience and medicine to literature, art, and music.
At the local level, at the national level, we are remembering what it is to be a community. White
and black, Latino, Asian, Middle Eastern, European and everything in between, we are the sum
of many parts. Together, we face the future as one America, undaunted and undivided.
The work is not finished. It will never befinished.But we have smashed the shackles that
bound all of us to a degree, and we are ready to create "a more perfect union."
While we reflect on the past, the future expands as wide as the ocean that joins - not separates the United States and Africa. As certainly as America lies over the horizon, so I promise you
that our kindred peoples will work together in the next century to build a relationship based on
friendship, trust and respect.
Now is the time to complete the circle of democracy, at home and abroad. At the turn of the
century, we must turn the tide against hatred and ignorance. We must come together, not as
many races with a divided past, but as one human race with a united future; a future that
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encompasses the globe; a future that knows no color lines; a destiny whose doorway is open to
all.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. worked his entire life to redeem the promise of America. His final
sermon, thirty years ago tomorrow, painted a vivid picture of a "Promised Land." He used the
same phrase when hefirstcame to Africa in 1957 to witness the birth of Ghana, and the end of
the colonial era. To Dr. King, Africa and America were both part of the Promised Land of the
future. Though he did not live to see the progress of the last three decades, I know he would
rejoice at the promise we see before us today. Beyond a doubt, he would be moved by the sight
of the schoolchildren here from Washington, D.C, the sister city of Dakar. Looking at you, I
know how Dr. King felt when he proclaimed "an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith
in the future of mankind."
Let people around the world learn the full story of Africa's Americans ... how they were
enslaved ... how they overcame oppression ... and how proud America is of their triumph. Let
African-Americans act as a living bridge between Africa and America, bringing their hardearned knowledge to bear on a continent poised for new greatness. Let all mankind see in this
story the promise of redemption. The survival and success of African-Americans made America
complete — and restored the revolutionary truth at the heart of our experiment, begun across the
ocean 222 years ago;
That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable
rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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These ideals are not only American; they are universal, and they are eternal. This truth will
always be stronger than any attempt to distort it. Freedom will prevail.
We will never forget the past. Our memory will be our compass as we navigate a better tuture.
Together, we will explore a new world of possibilities for all humanity. Together, we will
realize the full promise of the promised land.
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON
REMARKS AT GOREE ISLAND, SENEGAL
APRIL 2,1998
[acknowledgments]
It is humbling to stand before one of the most important places in our collective history. Africa
expands to the east, its potential as vast as the landmass before us. To the west, just over the
horizon lies America, a thriving democracy built by millions of people through centuries of trial
and error. Here Africa and America meet, more happily today than yesterday. Long after the
demise of slavery, Goree Island still beckons to the New World, connecting two continents and
reminding us that a nation built on dreams of freedom was also built on bondage.
America has enjoyed a proud and glorious history, accomplishing things our founders never
dreamed when they signed the Declaration of Independence 222 years ago. But it is important to
pause and remember we have not always lived up to the ideals that were immortalized in that
document.
For some, the promise of America was hollow. For many, there was no promise at all - just a
command. Here at Goree Island, there was no Declaration of Independence, no Constitution, no
Bill of Rights. But this too, is a part of America. This place is as much a part of our history as
the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. And here began the ultimate test of whether our society
could live up to its promise. The answer has been a long time coming.
�From Goree and other places, Africa's sons and daughters were taken against their will and sent
across the ocean. For them, the dream was a nightmare. Through the doorway of no return, they
left their friends and families forever. They came from different places, and spoke different
languages, but as Africa faded from view, their fates were joined forever to the New World
waiting across the Atlantic. Those that survived the murderous Middle Passage woke up to find
themselves American, though it would be a long time before they enjoyed the full meaning of
that word.
Millions of men, women and children came in these ships. They arrived in a foreign land,
robbed of their heritage ... their humanity ... their hope. Many perished on the way; many
simply lost the will to live. One survivor later wrote about the experience, bearing witness to an
uncomprehending and unresponsive world. Olaudah Equiano [Oh-LAU-dah eh-kwee-AH-no]
described an unimaginable hell of anguish and overcrowding. In his words, "the shrieks of the
women, and the groans of the dying, rendered a scene of horror almost inconceivable."
We cannot begin to understand the ordeal experienced by the first African Americans. Their
voices have been overwhelmingly silenced in history, as they were in life. But we do know that
slavery severely compromised the central belief of American democracy, that all people are
created equal. If this truth was "self-evident," we did not always accept the evidence. For
centuries, we failed to reconcile our immortal ideals with our everyday actions. The rest of the
world noticed, and a shadow crossed the face of America.
The shadow of slavery lingered long after the national agony of civil war and reconstruction.
Generation after generation, until my own lifetime, millions upon millions of African-Americans
�worked hard ... obeyed the law ... loved their homes and their families. They loved America but they were not full members of the American family.
In the last fifty years, we have made progress toward righting these wrongs. In 1948, the year
the world reasserted human rights and banished slavery forever, President Truman integrated the
armed forces. More change followed quickly. |Topeka, Montgomery, Little Rock and Selma are
foreign places to Africans, but they are sacred shrines in my country, where the descendants of
Africa seized their rightful share of the American Dream, f Slowly, the veil of racism is lifting,
and we are learning at long last that true democracy is colorblind. We are moving forward as
fellow Americans, sharing one nation, indivisible, under God, with liberty and justice fox all.
We cannot step backward through the doorway of no return But an unsentimental
understanding of the past can help to turn the hope we now share into history we can be proud of.
Just as South Africans are bravely striving for reconciliation, so Americans must acknowledge
the injustice at the outset of our national journey. It is fundamental justice to tell the story of
how we forged our freedom together.
I wish that all Americans could come to Goree Island. For those who cannot retrace the journey,
we must keep Goree Island vivid in their sight and memory. Because the past is the prologue to
all we do from this moment forward. We must stare straight at the past to leam where we are
going. From the broken dreams of our history, we can forge a fairer future and a more perfect
union.
�The African experience in America proves affirmation is more powerful than affliction. The
struggle to overcome slavery and racism forms one of the most painful chapters in our history. It
is also one of the most heroic. It is not separate from the American story; it is the essence of the
American story. I think it needs to be re-said: a people who can withstand four centuries of the
worst kind of oppression can withstand anything. The poorest European immigrant was never
considered three fifths of a human being; every African man, woman and child was so defined in
the Constitution. But they overcame these insults with dignity, courage and immense moral
strength. They proved the spirit can never be enslaved. Their struggle for equality was the
ultimate test of everything we hold sacred in America. Their resounding victory was a
vindication for all Americans.
As I return to the United States, I am grateful to the Africans who have opened my eyes to this
extraordinary part of the world. I will never forget the faces I have seen, the places I have been,
and the pervasive feeling of community here. I think we can leam a lesson from the cohesion
and caring that bind Africa's people and places together. And I am grateful that my country has
a historic family tie to this land. Because today, everything that is right about America is in
some measure due to the contributions of African-Americans. There is no area of American
achievement that has not been touched by Africa, from science and medicine to literature, art,
and music. Humanity, community and forgiveness have triumphed over slavery and selfishness.
Together, we face the future as one America, undaunted and undivided.
And while we reflect on the past, the future expands before us, clear as the African sky over our
heads. As certainly as America lies over the horizon, so I promise you that our kindred peoples
�will work together in the next century to build a relationship based on friendship, trust and
confidence that tomorrow will be better than yesterday.
Now is the time to complete the circle of democracy, at home and abroad. At the turn of the
century, we must turn the tide. We must come together, not as many peoples with a divided past,
but as one people with a united future; a future that encompasses the globe; a future that knows
no color lines; a destiny whose doorways are open to all.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. worked his entire life to redeem the promise of America. His final
speech, thirty years ago this week, painted a vivid picture of the "Promised Land" he was leading
his people to. He used the same phrase when he first came to Africa in 1957 to witness the birth
of Ghana, and the end of the colonial era. To Dr. King, Africa and America were both part of the
Promised Land of the future. Though he did not live to see the progress of the last three decades,
I know he would rejoice at the promise we see before us today. Beyond a doubt, he would be
moved by the sight of the schoolchildren here from the Martin Luther King, Jr. School in
Washington, D.C, the sister city of Dakar. Looking at all of you here, I know how Dr. King felt
when he proclaimed "an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of
mankind."
As I leave Goree Island, this monument to a cruel trade, let us also consider it a monument to our
ability to change, to leam from the past, to move past barbarity and toward civilization. By that
word, I do not mean American values, or Western values, but the essential human values that can
and must prevail throughout the world. If we use our understanding to fight oppression and
�promote freedom, even in small measures, we will find that applied humanity can serve as a
powerful lever to move the globe.
Let people around the world learn the full story of Africa's Americans ... how they were
enslaved ... how they overcame oppression ... and how proud America is of their triumph. Let
African-Americans act as a living bridge between Africa and America, bringing their hardearned knowledge to bear on a continent poised for new greatness. Let all mankind see in this
story the promise of redemption. The survival and success of African-Americans made America
complete—and restored the truth at the heart of our experiment, begun across the ocean 222
years ago:
That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable
rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
These ideals are not only American; they are universal, and they are eternal. The truth behind
them will always be stronger than any attempt to deny or distort it. Freedom will prevail.
We will never forget the past. It will guide us as we navigate a better future. Together, we will
build a new world of possibilities for all humanity. Together, we will put the promise back into
the promised land.
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REMARKS AT GOREE ISLAND, SENEGAL
APRIL 2,1998
[acknowledgments]
Here, on a tiny island in the Atlantic, Africa and America meet. One expands to the east, its
potehfaal as vast as its landmass. The other lies over the horizon, to the west, a thriving
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across the ocean. Through an opening marked "door of no return," they left their friends and
families one last time. They camefromdifferent places, but as Africa faded from view, their
fates were joined forever to the New World waiting across the Atlantic. Those who survived the
murderous Middle Passage emergedfroma dark hold to find themselves American. It would be
a long time before they enjoyed the full meaning of that word.
We cannot step backward through the doorway of no return.But we know our histdfy. The
shadow cast by slavery stretched far beyond the national agony of civil waryfieneration after
generation, until my own lifetime^DMttTons upon millions of AfricajxAmericans worked hard ...
obeyed the law ... built Ijafnes and communities. They loVed'America - but they were not full
members of the
In the last fifty years, we have made progress. In 1948, the year the world reasserted universal
human rights. President Truman integrated the armed forces^opeka, Montgomery, Little Rock
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and Selma are foreign places to Africans, but they are sacred shrines in my country, where the
descendants of Africa seized their rightful share of the American Dream. We can only move
forward as fellow Americans, sharing one nation, indivisible, under God, with liberty and justice
tkoll.
The African experience in America proves affirmation is more powerful than affliction. The
struggle to overcome slavery forms one of the most painful chapters in our history. It is also one
of the most heroic. It is not separate from the American story; it is an essential part of the
^fencan story.^Thi puotcat iwmluimil at blhs I s l a n d s umm cuiuiduul tluu. fiftlij of
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huniairbeTng^eveiy-overcarae^nese'insillts witnHigniiy, courage and'immense moral strength. They proved the 1_
spirit can never be enslaved. Their struggle for equality^as the ultimate test of everything we
hold sacred^iifAmerica. Their victory was^ vindication of the derqocrapy'cherished by all
Ai^prfcans.
As I return to the United States, I am grateful to the Africans who have opened my eyes to this
extraordinary part of the world./This trip has brought home to me how powerful an engine
democracy is\ And I have releamed what too many Americans forget: that America is now
more than ever the hope of the world. In tiny villages like Kisowera, Ugandans showed me
schools that will allow children to reach across the Atlantic by internet. In cities like Cape Town
and Soweto, South African leaders repeated to me the words of Americans who inspired them to
take a higher road. That is what America stands for to Africa. And now that Africa is looking to
us, we must not look away.
I have seen Africans working hard to build a better future.
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^^nattoirofc?rtor?-^ecause everything that is right about America is in some measure due to the
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contributions of African-Americans. There is no area of American achievement that has not
been touched by the sunshine of Africa, from science and medicine to literature, art, and music.
White and black, Latino, Asian, Middle Eastern, European and everything in between, we are the
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sum of many parts ... a community of communities ... a nation of nations. Together, we face the
future as one America, undaunted and undivided.
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The work is not finished. It will never be finished. But we have smashed the shackles that
bound all of us to a degree, and we stand ready to create "a more perfect union."
While we reflect on the past, the future expands as wide as the ocean that joins - not separates the United States and Africa. As certainly as America lies over the horizon, so I promise you
that our kindred peoples will work together in the next century to build a relationship based on
friendship, trust and respect.
Now is the time to complete the circle of democracy, at home and abroad. At the turn of the
century, we must turn the tide against hatred and ignorance. We must come together, not as
many races with a divided past, but as one human race with a united future; a future that
encompasses the globe; a fiiture that knows no color lines; a destiny whose doorway is open to
all.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. worked his entire life to redeem the promise of America. His final
sermon, thirty years ago tomorrow, painted a vivid picture of a "Promised Land." He used the
same phrase when he first came to Africa in 1957 to witness the birth of Ghana, and the end of / ' p
the colonial era. To Dr. King, Africa and America were both part of the Promised Land of the
future. Though he did not live to see the progress of the last three decades, I know he would
rejoice at the promise we see before us today. I agree with the optimism he expressed upon
winning the Nobel Peace Prize, when he proclaimed "an abiding faith in America and an
audacious faith in the future of mankind."
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Let people around the world leam the full story of Africa's Americans ... how they were
enslaved ... how they overcame oppression ... and how rich America is for their triumph. Let
African-Americans act as a living bridge between Africa and America, bringing their hardearned knowledge to bear on a continent poised for new greatness. Let all mankind see in this
story the promise of redemption. The survival and success of African-Americans made America
complete — and restored the revolutionary truth at the heart of our experiment, begun across the
ocean 222 years ago:
That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable
rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
These ideals are not only American; they are universal, and they are eternal. This truth will
always be stronger than any attempt to distort it. Freedom will prevail.
We must never forget the past. Our memory will be our compass as we navigate a better future.
Together, we will explore a new world of possibilities for all humanity. Together, we will put
the promise back into the promised land.
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�April 1, 1998
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY BLINKEN AND TED WIDMER
FROM:
MICHAEL WALDMAN
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SUBJECT:
EDITS TO GOREE ISLAND SPEECH
As we discussed, here are the edits from me, John Podesta, Rahm Emanuel, Jim
Steinberg. Sidney Blumenthal, Ann Lewis and Paul Begala.
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Today, I saw a house of deportation built in 1776. At the very moment our nation was
founded on the promise of freedom, a new building was constructed and devoted here to the
selling of human beings.
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We cannot step backward through the doorway of no return. But we know our history.
In the depth of our Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln said, I f God wills that [this war]
continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's 250 years of unrequited toil shall be sunk,
and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sw ord,
as was said 3000 years ago, so still it must be said 'the judgments of the Lord are true and
righteous altogether.'"
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American ideals sentence (in case it didn't come out on your fax)
A nation bearing the ideals of freedom, equality, responsible citizenship -- idals so
powerful they light the world.
Suggested tightening of the beginning
Here, on a tiny island in the Atlantic, Africa and America meet.
Goree Island is as much a part of our history as the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
Today, I saw a house of deportation built in 1776. At the very moment our nation was founded
on the promise of freedom, a new building was constructed and devoted here to the selling of
human beings.
From Goree and other places, Africa's sons and daughters were taken against their will
and sent across the ocean. Through an opening marked "door of no return," they left friends and
families for the last time. Those who survived the murderous middle passage emerged from a
dark hold to find themselves American. It v ild be a long time etc. etc. etc.
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON
REMARKS AT GOREE ISLAND, SENEGAL
APRIL 2,1998
President Diouf; members of the American delegation; school children from Dakar and its sister
city, Washington, D.C; residents of Goree Island; ladies and gentlemen:
Here, on a tiny island in the Atlantic, Africa and America meet. One expands to the east, its
potential as vast as its landmass. The other lies over the horizon, to the west, a thriving
democracv built through centuries ofgiveat aadfcacrifice. Long after the slave ships stopped
sailing from this place, Goree Island still looks out upon the New World, connecting two
continents and reminding us that for some of America's ancestors, the journey to America was
not a search for the American dreamj-jt. MVU d UtflliUnaii.
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other places, Africa's sons and daughters were taken against their will and sent across the ocean.
Through an opening marked "door of no return," they left friends and families for the last time.
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We cannot step backward through the doorway of no return. But we know our history. E 'trL
aft^remancipation, for generations, millions upon millions of African-Americans worJteiffTard
... obeye^the law ... built homes and communities. They loved America - ^uf they were not
full members of the'Anierican family.
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We have come a long way in the last generatioj><Topeka, Montgomery, Little Rock, Selma —
these are foreign places to Africans^ btft they are sacred shrines in my country, where African
Americans seized theirpgfitful share of the American Dream. We have learned that we can only
move forward^fillow
Americans, sharing one nation, indivisible, under^jod^ with liberty and
justicirfor all.
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struggle to overcome slavery forms one of the most difficult chapters in our history. It is also
one of the most heroic. It is not separate from the .American story; it is an essential part of the
American story. It is a story of overcoming adversity with dignity, courage and immense moral
strength. The African-American journey proves that the spirit can never be enslaved.
A few hours from now. we will depart Africa on our journey home to America. I return more
convinced than ever that there is an African Renaissance, that despite the daunting challenges
that remain, the energy, spirit and intelligence of the people of Africa will prevail.
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�For too long, Americans have seen Africa in monochrome. I hope they will now see it in
technicolor. Africa is a continent of rich diversity, with many faces. And I shall never forget the
many faces I have seen over the past 12 days.
The friendly faces of the hundreds of thousands of people who poured into Independence Square
in Accra, displaying the warmth that Africans feel toward America.
The faces of the children at the Kisovverea primary school in Uganda, whose parents were held
back by a brutal dictatorship -- but where today the opportunity of education is offered to all of
Uganda's girls and boys.
The faces, filled with pride, of the women of Jinja village in Uganda, once ordained to a life of
continuing struggle, now empowered by microcredit loans to start their own businesses. They
are making bricks, selling crafts, opening tailor shops and bakeries. In Uganda alone. 10.000
female entrepreneurs have received loans averaging $120. These investments in human
enterprise ignite the energy of the women who receive them and give vitality to their
communities.
The faces of the genocide survivors I met w ith in Rwanda, who spoke of the 90 days of terror in
1994 when a million people were slaughtered -- but who now have the courage not only to
survive but to build a better society.
�The face of Nelson Mandela, as he showed me the cell on Robben Island where he spent 18 of
his 27 years in prison. Extraordinarily, he walked out of prison not embittered by hatred, but
energized by his tenacious sense of purpose -- to lift a nation from the ashes of apartheid and to
reach toward reconciliation.
I will remember the faces of the young leaders of the new South Africa with whom I met in
Tocoza Township, steeled by the struggle for freedom, and now dedicating their lives to the hard
work of making the new South Africa work from the grassroots up.
I will remember the faces of the children in Church last Sunday in Soweto, whose smiles
welcomed the American delegation with warmth, whose voices lifted our spirits, whose
unlimited potential is Africa's promise.
I will remember the faces of the entrepreneurs. African and American, who gathered w ith me to
open America's Ron Brown Commercial Center in Johannesburg. Already, we are one of South
Africa's largest trading partners. But trade with Africa is a tiny fraction of what it could be and
what it could produce ~ new jobs, new opportunities and new wealth in Africa and America.
I will remember the environmental experts from across the continent I met with in Botswana.
Their passion for the planet we share strenghtened my conviction that we can lift our material
lives while nurturing the resources that sustain life itself.
�I will remember the African soldiers here in Dakar, training with Americans but led by Africans,
readying themselves to prevent violence, relieve suffering and keep the peace on this continent.
And throughout Africa, I will remember the ordinary men and women building better lives
through hard work... and striving to pass along even brighter possibilities to their children.
Africa is still plagued in places by poverty, malnutrition, disease, illiteracy and unemployment.
Terrible conflicts continue to tear at the heart of this continent. Human rights -- the birth right of
every man, woman and child ~ are non-existant in some countries, unevenly respected in others.
But across this continent, democracy is gaining strength, business is growing, and peace is
making progress. The people and leaders of Africa are showing the world the resiliency of the
human spirit. They have convinced me of the difference America can make to Africa's future as
a partner and a friend — and how big a difference the new Africa can make to .America.
Everywhere I went in Africa, I saw a passionate belief in the promise of America. I wish that
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strength in diversity. A cpuiftiy that leads by the power of its example ~ and when necessary tht
example of its power. A ee«f«ry that stands for what so many people aspire to — and now are
achieving - throughout this continent: the freedom to dream their own dreams... and the
opportunity to make those dreams come alive.
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wi^of Africa, trom science and medicine to literature, art, and music. Black and white.
European, Latino, Asian, Middle Eastern, and everything in between, we are the sum ofmany
parts ... a community of communities ... a nation of nations. Together, we face the future as one
America, undaunted and undivided.
The work is not finished. It will never be finished. But we will continue to build a more perfect
union.
The future expands as wide as the ocean that joins - not separates -the United States and Africa.
As certainly as America lies over the horizon, so I promise the people of Africa that we will work
together in the next century to build a relationship based on friendship, trust and respect. Now is
the time to complete the circle of democracy, to help Africa fulfill its promise not only as a land
of rich beauty, but a land of increasing opportunity for its people. If we face the future together - creating a new partnership — it will be good for Africa, and good for America.
We leave Goree Island today proud of how far we have come, proud of how far Africa has come,
and determined to build a common destiny -- a destiny whose door is open to all.
�A B R A H A M LINCOLN
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SATURDAY, M A R C H 4, lK(>.>
Weeks of wet weather preceding Lincoln's second inauguration had
caused Pennsylvania Avenue to become a sea of mud and standing water.
Thousands of spectators stood in thick mud at the Capitol grounds to
hear the President. As he stood on the East Portico to take the executive
oath, the completed Capitol dome over the President's head was a physical reminder of the resolve of his Administration throughout the years of
civil war. Chief Justice Salmon Chase administered the oath of office. In
little more than a month, the President would be assassinated.
Fellow Cou n trym en:
At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential
office there is less occasion for an extended address than there v/as
at the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be
pursued seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four
years, during which public declarations have been constantly called
forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little
that is new could be presented. The progress of our arms, upon
which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to
myself, and i t is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to
all. W i t h high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to i t is
ventured.
On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago all
thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. A l l
dreaded it, all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was
being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the
Union without war, urgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy i t without war—seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them
would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other
would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.
One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not
distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern
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part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. A l l knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.
To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object
for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while
the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the
territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war
the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease w i t h or
even before the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an
easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding
Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. I t may seem strange that any men
should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread
from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we
be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of
neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses; for i t must needs
be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense
cometh." I f we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those
offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but
which, having continued through His appointed time. He now wills
to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible
war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we
discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which
the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we
hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may
speedily pass away. Yet, i f God wills that it continue until all the
wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn
with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as
was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the
judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether."
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in
the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish
the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him
who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan,
to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace
among ourselves and with all nations.
�Edits from Waldman/Shih/Blumenthal/Begala
PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON
REMARKS AT GOREE ISLAND, SENEGAL
APRIL 2,1998
[acknowledgments]
Here, on a tiny island in the Atlantic, 300 years ago, Africa and America met. For
millions of Americans, this place is as much a part of our history as the Statue of Liberty and
Ellis Island.
Here began a test of whether our society could live up to its promise. I just saw a house
of deportation built in 1776. At the very moment Thomas Jefferson was writing the words that
declared a new beginning for humankind, a new building was constructed and devoted to the
selling of souls. [Don't profane the words of the Declaration by using them to describe the slave
house.]
From Goree and other places, Africa's sons and daughters were taken against their will
and sent across the ocean. Through a "door of no return," they left their families, their homes,
forever. They came from different places in Africa, but as this continent faded from view, their
fates were joined forever to the New World. Those who survived the murderous Middle Passage
emerged from dark holds to find themselves American. It would be a long time before they
enjoyed the full meaning of that word.
In the depth of our Civil War, President Lincoln said, "Fondly do we hope -- fervently do
we pray ~ that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet if God wills that it
continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's 250 years of unrequited toil shall be sunk,
and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword,
as was said 3000 years ago, so still it must be said, 'The judgments of the Lord are true and
righteous altogether.'"
The African experience in America proves affirmation is more powerful than affliction.
The struggle to overcome slavery and its legacy forms one of the most painful chapters in our
history. It is also the most heroic. It is not separate from the American story. It is an essential
part of the American story. The struggle of the descendants of slaves for equality was the
ultimate test of everything we hold sacred in America. Their victory was vindication of the
democracy built and cherished by aU Americans.
Let African-Americans act as a living bridge between Africa and America, bringing their
hard-earned knowledge to bear on a continent poised for new greatness. Let all mankind see in
this story the promise of redemption.
Here on Goree Island, words cannot describe the emotions we feel ~ the anger at the
slavetraders, the horror at the middle passage, the awe of the strength of the survivors — as we
�tour this place. We cannot go back, through that doorway of no return.
rebuke by always, always resolving to move forward.
Let us answer its silent
For two weeks, in Africa, I have seen an entire continent on the move ... etc. etc. Africa
stuff. [Note: As you know, people here are strongly supportive of future-oriented, Africa
Renaissance discussion.]
. . . . In cities like Cape Town and Soweto, South African leaders repeated to me the
words of Americans who inspired them to take a higher road. That is what America stands for to
Africa. And now that Africa is looking to us, we must not look away.
So to the Americans here with me today, and all Americans listening at home, we must
carry home this new vision of Africa.
Let us move forward by reaching out to the continent of Africa with new bonds of
commerce and communications, using the spark of American business to kindle the enterprise
and energy of the African people, [more on Africa trade act]
Let us move forward [democracy]
Let us move forward [whatever else]
Now it is the time to complete the circle of democracy, at home and abroad. At the turn
of the century, we must turn the tide against hatred and ignorance. We must come together, not
as many races with a divided past, but as one human race with a united future; a future that
encompasses the globe; a future that knows no color lines; a destiny whose doorway is open to
all. What matters is not where we have come from ~ what matters is where we are going ~
together.
And above all, let us resolve to hold fast and share with the world the most shining ideals
in the history of humanity — the true meaning of our creed, the only ideals so powerful they can
overcome the evil that happened here ~ "That all men are created equal, that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness."
As we leave Goree Island, we will never forget the past. Our memory will help us
navigate toward a better future. Together, sharing with Dr. Martin Luther King "an abiding faith
in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind," we will explore a new world of
possibility ~ a new Africa, a new America. Together, we will venture as friends, as partners,
into the promised land of the 21st Century.
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