Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century we must harness the energy and creativity of all our citizens.

I wanted to continue to be active on those things that I cared about when I was president where I could still have an impact.

I did a lot of work on energy efficiency at the White House. By the time I left we had taken the equivalent of six hundred cars a year off the road in reduced greenhouse gas emissions just in the White House complex.

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

We know that progress is not inevitable. But neither was victory upon these beaches. Now, as then, the inner voice tells us to stand up and move forward. Now, as then, free people must choose.

True Excellence requires a worthy dream, a good Idea of how to realize it and the courage to risk failure to achieve it.

I was also very concerned about protecting my family.