Promising too much can be as cruel as caring too little.

Saddam Hussein didn't kill 3,100 people on Sept. 11. Osama bin Laden did, and as far as we know he's still alive.

Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world. And the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy.

America can no longer afford to get the Nobel Prizes while our competitors get the profits.

Turning 50 gives me more yesterdays than tomorrows.

I'm very proud that the first bill I had the opportunity to sign into law as President was the Family and Medical Leave Act No parent should ever have to choose between work and family; between earning a decent wage and caring for a child.

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.