We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.

Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only.

[It is] one of the most complex and emotional issues of out time.

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

It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.