Let all of us who want to stand up against racism do our part to roll back the divide.

The battle against substance abuse must be waged a person at a time, a family at a time, a school at a time, community by community.

The American people are leading the way to bring the crime rate down.

I believe our welfare reform policies, I believe our crime bill, I believe a lot of the things we have done have played a role.

The most important thing is that we permit those of you in the private sector to succeed by following good, sound policies on the deficit, on trade, on investment in education, on research and development.

You are not alone, and you must keep fighting for all of us and especially for our children.

White racism may be black people's burden, but it's white people's problem.

There will be problems in this old world as long as people like you and me inhabit the planet because we're not perfect.

Today we face a choice.

We have to catch them up.

We can balance the budget without stepping on our values and trampling on our future and walking away from our obligations to one another.

Law and order is the first responsibility of government.

This moment in which the racial divide is so clearly out in the open need not be a setback for us.

It was the pivotal event of his life.

I'm glad to be the first, and I know I won't be the last.

He fought the tyranny of racism, prosecuting civil rights cases in the South in the 1930's, long before it was popular anywhere in the United States.

It has deeply moved all of us, and we thank you for your example.

It is fitting that a library, a place that keeps and honors books and records, will honor Tom Dodd's service, his passion for justice, and his hatred of tyranny.