The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.

The arts are not a frill. The arts are a response to our individuality and our nature, and help to shape our identity. What is there that can transcend deep difference and stubborn divisions? The arts. They have a wonderful universality. Art has the potential to unify. It can speak in many languages without a translator. The arts do not discriminate. The arts lift us up.

...we must face the fact that unilateral action on the part of the United States will never be enough to stop illegal immigration. Immigrants come here illegally from source countries where conditions prevail that encourage or even compel them to leave. Attacking the causes of illegal migration is essential and will require international cooperation.

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.

The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.

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.