President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore after the signing ceremony of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
At the Library of Congress, Main Reading Room, Washington D.C. 2/8/96.
Source: presidentialtimeline.org
Good evening. Just moments ago, I spoke with George W. Bush and congratulated him on becoming the 43rd president of the United States - and I promised him that I wouldn’t call him back this time.
I offered to meet with him as soon as possible so that we can start to heal the divisions of the campaign and the contest through which we’ve just passed.
Almost a century and a half ago, Senator Stephen Douglas told Abraham Lincoln, who had just defeated him for the presidency, “Partisan feeling must yield to patriotism. I’m with you, Mr. President, and God bless you.”
Well, in that same spirit, I say to President-elect Bush that what remains of partisan rancor must now be put aside, and may God bless his stewardship of this country. Neither he nor I anticipated this long and difficult road. Certainly, neither of us wanted it to happen. Yet it came, and now it has ended, resolved, as it must be resolved, through the honored institution of our democracy.
Al Gore
On December 13, 2000, Vice President and Presidential Candidate Al Gore delivered his Concession Speech for the 2000 Presidential Election.
President Clinton signing the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. Vice President Al Gore is pictured behind the President. August 10, 1993.
