As President, I am determined to offer leadership to overcome our current economic problems. My goal is for jobs for all who want to work and economic opportunity for all who want to achieve.

It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But it's a quality that many people seem to have neglected.

I don't know what the future may hold for me-or for any of us. But I want you to know that I am a man who likes having critics who are not enemies.

For millions of men and women, the church has been the hospital for the soul, the school for the mind and the safe depository for moral ideas.

The veto is a President's Constitutional right, given to him by the drafters of the Constitution because they wanted it as a checkagainst irresponsible Congressional action. The veto forces Congress to take another look at legislation that has been passed. I think this is a responsible tool for a president of the United States, and I have sought to use it responsibly.

The old question still remains: Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?

The Federal role in overcoming barriers to needed health care should emphasize health care financing programs-such as Medicare and Medicaid.