We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.

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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They...

Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They...

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control...

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control...

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,...

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment,...

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment,...

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of...

I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of...

In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the...

In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the...

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...

But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one...

But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one...

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept...

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept...

I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.

I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.

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...

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the...

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the...

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...