But the truth is, countries have to do what is best in each instance to pursue both their interest and their values.
Almost makes you want to go to jail out here, doesn’t it?
We will reduce the White House staff by 25 percent.
We’re not talking about a few rooms here with delicate personal matters involved.
I think actually that the speech work I do is fine. It’s important, because I try to help people think about what’s going on and organize their lives accordingly.
Downsizing budgets may be necessary, but downsizing dreams is a decision to be disappointed.
I issued a number of denials to people I thought needed to hear them.
Being President is a little like being the grounds-keeper at a cemetery: there’s plenty of people below you but no one’s listening.
That all depends on what “is” is.
I have news for the forces of greed and the defenders of the status quo: your time has come – and gone. It’s time for change in America.
I want to make it very clear that this middle-class tax cut, in my view, is central to any attempt we’re going to make to have a short-term economic strategy and a long-term fairness strategy, which is part of getting this country going again.
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.
Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well, my fellow citizens, this is our time. Let us embrace it.
You don’t have to wait till your party’s in power to have an impact on life at home and around the world.
America’s greatness depends on the ability of its citizens to make the most of their lives. Americans with disabilities are an enormous, often untapped reservoir of that potential.
I am opposed to abortion and to government funding of abortions. We should not spend state funds on abortions because so many people believe abortion is wrong.
A few months ago, and again this week, bin Laden publicly vowed to publicly wage a terrorist war against America, saying, and I quote, “We do not differentiate between those dressed in military uniforms and civilians. They’re all targets.” Their mission is murder, and their history is bloody.
I’ve gained first hand knowledge of the challenges faced by people with disabilities. It’s made me understand that those of us who have full use of our physical faculties owe an enormous amount of respect and sensitivity to people who don’t.
We must fortify African democracy and peace by launching Radio Democracy for Africa, supporting the transition to democracy now beginning to take place in Nigeria.
We must continue to deepen our ties to the Americas and the Caribbean, our common work to educate children, fight drugs, strengthen democracy, and increase trade.