The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us, but it will if we do not act quickly. It's a problem that we will not be able to solve in the next few years, and it's likely to get progressively worse through the rest of this century. We must not be selfish or timid if we hope to have a decent world for our children and grandchildren. We simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources. By acting now we can control our future instead of letting the future control us.

We not only brought peace to many countries and people around the world, but we never dropped a bomb, we never launched a missile, and we never fired a bullet while I was in office. Yet we protected the interests of the American people in a peaceful, but strong way.

The evidence shows that investing in women and girls delivers major benefits for society. An educated woman has healthier children. She is more likely to send them to school. She earns more and invests what she earns in her family.

We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes - and we must.

Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring.

I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that come to me as president.

I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.