Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.

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A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the...

A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the...

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital...

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital...

What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should...

What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should...

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders...

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders...

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is...

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is...

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.

If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.

We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must...

We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must...

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.

Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe...

Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe...

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had...

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had...

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as...

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as...

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me...

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me...

For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.

For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose,...

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose,...

It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and...

It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and...

We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and...

We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and...

Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national...

Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national...

We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap...

We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap...

Life is too large to hang out a sign: For Men Only.

Life is too large to hang out a sign: For Men Only.