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.

No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit.

Just as war is freedom's cost, disagreement is freedom's privilege.

I think actually that the speech work I do is fine. It's important, because I try to help people think about what's going on and organize their lives accordingly.

You know, there was a recent poll which said that young people in the generation of the students here felt it was far more likely that they would see a UFO than that they would draw Social Security... It's very important you understand this. Once you understand this, you realize this is not an episode from the X Files, and you're not more likely to see a UFO if you do certain specific things.

The purpose of affirmative action is to give our nation a way to finally address the systemic exclusion of individuals of talent on the basis of their gender, or race from opportunities to develop, perform, achieve and contribute. Affirmative action is an effort to develop systematic approach to open the doors of education, employment, and business development opportunities to qualified individuals who happen to be members of groups that have experienced long-standing and persistent discrimination.

If a President of the United States ever lied to the American people, he should resign.