It is said that Ireland's greatest export is its people.

Strength can be drawn from differences, differences which are celebrated, respected, appreciated.

I call on all those who still resort to violence to end the beatings, the intimidations, the shootings.

I urge all our guests from Northern Ireland and all the parties concerned to put aside all extremism for the common good of peace.

Stars alone don't win championships; teams do.

The tough tasks of compromise still lie ahead.

We can do what Americans have always done.

Most Americans are honest people.

I believe if we'll work together, check our rhetorical baggage, and try to get this country into the 21st century remembering our mission, we can cut a good deal more spending without cutting our kids and our future.

I strongly agreed with the bill that applies to Congress the laws Congress imposes on the private sector.

We have a lot of former legislators in this administration.

Pollution prevention and reduction is a great source of job creation for America.

I ran for this job because I felt the mission of this country at the end of the 20th century was to get us into the next century with the American dream alive and well.

I often think in the course of working here both for the last 2 years and for the last 2 months, if we wouldn't be better off as a country if we worked more like that up here.

These changes, taken together, represent real and fundamental reform.

I must tell you, as all of you know, I have real differences as well as real agreements with this Congress.

Half the American people are living on less money today when you adjust for inflation than they were making 15 years ago.

We want a Government that offers opportunity, demands responsibility, and shrinks bureaucracy.