We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.

A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

All my growth and development led me to believe that if you really do the right thing, and if you play by the rules, and if you?ve got good enough, solid judgment and common sense, that you?re going to be able to do whatever you want to do with your life.

"We, the people." It is a very elegant beginning. But when that document was completed on the 17th of September in 1787, I was not included in that "We, the people."

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.