We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.

But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.

When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is us

It's the idea held by generations of citizens who believed that America is a constant work in progress; who believed that loving this country requires more than singing its praises or avoiding uncomfortable truths. It requires the occasional disruption, the willingness to speak out for what's right, and shake up the status quo.

I think that people are born with a certain makeup, and that we're all children of God.

The United States was proud to stand with the people of Germany as this nation and this continent reunited and rebuilt and reached for a better future.