The President is the symbol of who the people of the United States are. He is the person who stands for us in the eyes of the world and the eyes of our children.

We are here to help one another along life's journey.

The new source of divisiveness is the assault of secularism on religion.

I have no doubt that the real irritation of those on the religious right is not that their particular creed is not embraced by the schools, but that often their creed is the only one singled out for contempt.

Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language.

America's only respectable form of bigotry is bigotry against religious people. And the only reason for hatred of religion is that it forces us to confront matters many would prefer to ignore.

If we are surrounded by the trivial and the vicious, it is all too easy to make our peace with it.