The movement toward political and economic reform in Russia and the other new states of the former Soviet Union is the greatest security challenge of our day.

My deepest sympathies go out to all his loved ones.

I share the sadness his family, friends, followers, and supporters all feel upon his passing away.

The hardest work of reform must be done by the people of Russia and the other states themselves, and we applaud the courageous steps they have taken.

It is time to put our relations with Russia and the other states on a new footing.

I am disappointed that the job-producing elements of the original version of the legislation were forced to be removed from it.

We can be proud of his enormous accomplishments and the dignity and comfort he brought to the lives of so many of our country's least powerful and most dispossessed workers.

Cesar Chavez was an authentic hero to millions of people throughout the world.

I have believed for a long time in grass roots community efforts and community service.

I think all of you recognize the fundamental truth that as Americans and as human beings we can never be completely fulfilled unless we help each other.

The Holocaust reminds us forever that knowledge divorced from values can only serve to deepen the human nightmare.

This place is their place, too, for them as for us, to memorialize the past and steel ourselves for the challenges of tomorrow.

We bring out the best in our country when we serve.

Volunteers won the American Revolution.

I hope that this movement will go well beyond party or any other political division in this country.

I'm not too disheartened.

I think we can change it, and I'm upbeat about it.

Unless we act and act now, we face a future where our planet will be home to 9 billion people within our lifetime.