God's signs are not always the ones we look for. We learn in tragedy that his purposes are not always our own. Yet the prayers of private suffering, whether in our homes or in this great cathedral, are known and heard, and understood.

I have made education a top priority of this Administration because when we get it right, when every child learns, America will be a more hopeful place.

I'm comfortable moving into the role of elder person.

The worst of Nature brings out the best in our fellow human beings.

These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of America's resolve.

Wall Street got drunk and now it's got a hangover. And the question is, how long will it sober up and not try to do those fancy financial instruments?

I would like people to understand the rationale for my embryonic stem cell research decision and how the process became distorted over time.