Bill Clinton's 1997 Inauguration Speech

President Bill Clinton’s second inaugural speech in 1997 looked ahead to the next century. “The world is no longer divided into two hostile camps,” he said. “Instead now we are building bonds with nations that once were our adversaries. Growing connections of commerce and culture give us the chance to lift the fortunes and spirits of people the world over. And for the very first time in all of history more people on this planet live under democracy than dictatorship.” His second term would be consumed by the Monica Lewinsky scandal and he was only the second president to be impeached. Both he and Andrew Johnson were acquitted by the Senate.