We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity.

Even when our heart aches, we summon the strength that maybe we didn't even know we had, and we carry on; we finish the race.

Jimmy Carter will go down in American history as 'the president who lost Iran,'

We remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America.

We need to teach our kids that it's not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but the winner of the science fair.

There are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short, for they have forgotten what this country has already done, what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.