The American people expect and deserve a government that works and leaders who work together.

The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.

From blood banking to the modern subway, from jazz to social justice, the contributions of African Americans have shaped and molded and influenced our national culture and our national character.

It is our duty and our privilege to keep America moving forward.

America has the best doctors, the best nurses, the best hospitals, the best medical technology, the best medical breakthrough medicines in the world. There is absolutely no reason we should not have in this country the best health care in the world.

Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration.

Individuals by themselves can make a difference. And by making a difference, you can improve the world.