We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than ever before.

I bowled a 129... It was like the Special Olympics or something!

We will keep the promise of Social Security by taking the responsible steps to strengthen it - not by turning it over to Wall Street.

We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires and crippling drought and more powerful storms.

Our resources may be finite, but our will is infinite, and I am confident that if we come together and summon that great American spirit once again, we will meet the challenges of our time and write the next great chapter in our American story.

It is time to leave behind the divisive battles of the past. It is time to move forward as one nation.

The emotions between the races could never be pure; even love was tarnished by the desire to find in the other some element that was missing in ourselves. Whether we sought out our demons or salvation, the other race would always remain just that: menacing, alien, and apart.