There are things we can do to give us a little more attention.... I've got to look more frantic.

We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.

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.

Every loss of life is terrible.

I try to hold my charisma in check.

The world also remains a hopeful place. Calls for democracy and human rights are being reborn everywhere, and these calls are an expression of support for the values enshrined in the United Nations Charter. They encourage our hopes for a more stable, more peaceful, more prosperous world.

Not all Americans are living the American dream by a long shot. Many can't even imagine it. There are impoverished Americans, the poor and the homeless, the hungry and the hopeless, many unable to read and write. There are Americans gone astray, the kids dragged down by drugs, the shattered families, the teenage mothers struggling to cope. Then there are Americans uneasy, troubled and bewildered by the dizzying pace of change.