Our land of new promise will be a nation that meets its obligations, a nation that balances its budget, but never loses the balance of its values.

To the extent that our workers compete with low-paid Mexicans, it is as much through undocumented immigration as trade. This pattern threatens low-paid, low-skill U.S. workers. The combination of domestic reforms and NAFTA-related growth in Mexico will keep more Mexicans at home. It is likely that a reduction in immigration will increase the real wages of low-skilled urban and rural workers in the United States.

Every time Bush talks about trust it makes chills run up and down my spine. The way he has trampled on the truth is a travesty of the American political system.

I will get things done for America.... Faced with apathy, I will take action. Faced with conflict, I will seek common ground.... Faced with adversity, I will persevere. I will carry this commitment with me this year. I am an Americorps volunteer.

It's good for young people to be angry about something.

You live in the age of interdependence. Borders don't count for much or stop much, good or bad, anymore.

If no one consumes these products, people will stop roducing them. They will not build it if you didn't come.