Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside.

Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.

I have always admired organizations that help children grow and learn, and organizations that protect and shelter children when no one else does. And I wanted to draw attention to these organizations and recognize the contributions they were making to the country and to our children in particular.

Nothing attracts attention like a red dress.

If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different things. Late in the afternoon, I'll quit working and wait for my husband to get home.

If you take the burden of health care, of diseases off the backs of some other countries, it gives them a chance to use their own very limited resources in ways that help their people. And also there's a hopelessness associated with deadly diseases, that if that can be alleviated, people can build their own economies in their own countries and they'll be less reliant on the developed world for help.

Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside.