As have other Presidents and their families before us, we received gifts over the course of our eight years in the White House and followed all of the gift rules. While we gave the vast majority of gifts we received to the National Archives, we reported those gifts that we were keeping. |
As near as we can tell, it's not authorized, ... But we are taking this in a lighthearted manner. It is milk, after all. |
As the father of Earth Day...He inspired us to remember that the stewardship of our natural resources is the stewardship of the American Dream. |
As we become ever more diverse, we must work harder to unite around our common values and our common humanity. |
As we have throughout this century, we will lead with the power of our example, but be prepared, when necessary, to make an example of our power. |
Because if that's your standard, then your success or failure totally depends upon what other people decide to do and how they read their own interests, |
Behind us we can look back and see the great expanse of American achievement; and before us we can see even greater, grander frontiers of possibility. |
Big things are expected of us, and nothing big ever came of being small. |
But both of us came out of environments with a disproportionate number of poor people. |
But I always think, when somebody attacks you, if it's not fair and you let them get away with it, it's your fault. |
By lifting the weakest, poorest among us, we lift the rest of us as well. |
By the time it became obvious that they were in the fix they were in, there were a lot of other problems, too. |
California has become the first American state where there is no majority race, and we're doing just fine. If you look around the room, you can see a microcosm of what we can do in the world. . . . You should be hopeful on balance about the future. But it's like any future since the beginning of time -- you're going to have to make it. |
Charlie has the most experience, the best ideas, and that's why he's supported by me, Ted Strickland and all 12 Democratic county chairs. The Republicans are attacking him and Charlie Wilson needs your help. |
Could there be more? Of course there could be. Can we do a better job of defense? Yes, we can. Have we learned a lot from September 11? We have. So I'm basically very, very confident about the long-run future of this. I just think we've got a lot of diligent, difficult work to do. |