Even if it takes changing the law, the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they got.

Abortion should not only be safe and legal, it should be rare.

If you believe in making change from the bottom up, if you believe the measure of change is how many people's lives are better, you know it's hard and some people think it's boring. Speeches like this are fun, actually doing the work is hard.

I have always believed that the decision to have an abortion generally should be between a woman, her doctor, her conscience, and her God.

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.

I think that the responsibility that the Democrats had may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress, or by me when I was President, to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

But the truth is, countries have to do what is best in each instance to pursue both their interest and their values.