Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet.

Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution and all its parts - including the First Amendment and the strict separation of church and state.

If all of you had voted the other way - there's about 5500 of you here tonight - I would not be the President of the United States.

There is something that happens when we leave the land and enter the ocean. It's unexpected, the environment feels strangely welcoming. The ocean almost feels like... home.

In free society art is not a weapon...Artists are not engineers of the soul.

We hold the view that the people make the best judgment in the long run.

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.