And I have a plan to do even better, to end welfare as we know it

If you go against someone, you say, you can't vote for these Democrats, they don't have good values, they're not good people, they're weak, they're spineless, they're don't love America, they're giving aid and comfort to Saddam Hussein, that's the kind of thing I think is bad for America, because it stops the voters from thinking. And any time you stop thinking in a free society you get in trouble.

Poverty, discrimination, and ignorance restrict growth.

Let us all take more responsibility not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.

The struggle for your own character is the struggle for the nation's character.

So we, Democrats, have a responsibility there, every one of us, both to try to treat the Republicans with respect and as human beings to try to work with them on every issue we can, and then if those cannons are fired at us, we've got to stand up and fight back. If you lay down and you look like a deer caught in the headlights, then you will confirm the assault. And so we have to fight back.

But the truth is, countries have to do what is best in each instance to pursue both their interest and their values.