One of the enduring truths of the nation's capital is that bureaucrats survive.

We . . . declared our independence 200 years ago, and we are not about to lose it now to paper shufflers and computers.

We are bound together by the most powerful of all ties, our fervent love for freedom and independence, which knows no homeland but the human heart.

Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?... Let us show that we can temper together those opposite elements of liberty and restraint into one consistent whole. Let us set an example for the world of a law-abiding America glorying in its freedom as well as its respect for law.

It's more like it is now than it ever has been.

In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.

America's leadership is essential. America's resources are vast. America's opportunities are unprecedented.