Appeasement does not work. As was the case in the 1930s, we see in Saddam Hussein an aggressive dictator threatening his neighbors.

I want a kinder, gentler nation.

Now we can see a new world coming into view, a world where there is a very real prospect of a New World Order.

The United States will continue its efforts to improve our understanding of climate change - to seek hard data, accurate models, and new ways to improve the science - and determine how best to meet these tremendous challenges.

The fact is prosperity has a purpose. It's to allow us to pursue "the better angels," to give us time to think and grow.

I think the 24-hour news cycle has helped exaggerate the differences between the parties. You can always find someone on TV somewhere carping about something. That didn't happen 20 years ago.

Every loss of life is terrible.