We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

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.

If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.

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

Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.

There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision.

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