The real differences around the world today are not between Jews and Arabs; Protestants and Catholics; Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. The real differences are between those who embrace peace and those who would destroy it. Between those who look to the future and those who cling to the past. Between those who open their arms and those who are determined to clench their fists.

...the fact [is] that our borders leak like a sieve: those things cannot be permitted to continue in good conscience.

If we want to invest in the prosperity of our nation, we must invest in the education of our children so that their talents may be fully employed.

In a world with no systems, with chaos, everything becomes a guerilla struggle, and this predictability is not there. And it becomes almost impossible to save lives, educate kids, develop economies, whatever.

The future is not an inheritance, it is an opportunity and an obligation.

I came of age believing that, no matter what happened, I would always be able to support myself.

We must all be profoundly grateful for the magnificent achievements of our forbearers in this century. Yet perhaps in the daily press of events, in the clash of controversy, we don't see our own time for what it truly is - a new dawn for America.