Edmund Blair Leighton The Accolade painting

Edmund Blair Leighton The Accolade painting
Edmund Blair Leighton The End of The Song painting
To renew America, we must meet challenges abroad as well as at home. There is no longer a clear division between what is foreign and what is domestic. The world economy, the world environment, the world AIDS crisis, the world arms race—they affect us all.…While America rebuilds at home, we will not shrink from the challenges nor fail to seize the opportunities of this new world. Together with our friends and allies we will work to shape change lest it engulf us. When our vital interests are challenged or the will and conscience of the international community is defied, we will act with peaceful diplomacy whenever possible, with force when necessary.The brave Americans serving our nation today in the Persian Gulf and Somalia, and wherever else they stand, are testament to our resolve