We cannot hope only to leave our children a bigger car, a bigger bank account. We must hope to give them a sense of what it means to be a loyal friend, a loving parent, a citizen who leaves his home, his neighborhood and town better than he found it.

The glory of being a carrier pilot has certainly worn off.

By the grace of God, we won the Cold War.

As president, I watched in wonder as Nelson Mandela had the remarkable capacity to forgive his jailers following 26 years of wrongful imprisonment - setting a powerful example of redemption and grace for us all.

I think 9/11 guaranteed that national security is going to be in the forefront of every election.

I have spoken of a thousand points of light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing good.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.