Somehow we all end up paying for what we do.

Let me be clear: we are still a nation of immigrants, and we honor all those immigrants who are working hard to become new citizens.

Everybody knows that I have tougher ethics rules than any previous President.

Sure enough at Oxford, I was another Yank half a step behind.

In addition I had real and serious questions about an independent counsel investigation that began with private business dealings twenty years ago

I have never believed we had to choose between either a clean and safe environment or a growing economy. Protecting the health and safety of all Americans doesn't have to come at the expense of our economy's bottom line. And creating thriving companies and new jobs doesn't have to come at the expense of the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, or the natural landscape in which we live. We can, and indeed must, have both.

Citizen service is the very American idea that we meet our challenges not as isolated individuals but as members of a true community, with all of us working together. Our mission is nothing less than to spark a renewed sense of obligation, a new sense of duty, a new season of service.