I believe we should give people the opportunity to move from dependence to independence.

Our job in the end is not to tear anybody down and not to use this issue to divide America, but to build people up.

It was with deep sadness and regret that Hillary and I learned today of the death of Jim Grant, executive director of UNICEF.

We will remember Jim Grant most for his tireless advocacy on behalf of the world's children and for pioneering low-cost, simple techniques for alleviating disease, poverty, and suffering among the neediest of children.

UNICEF retains its special place in the hearts of all Americans.

I'm committed to making welfare what it was meant to be, a second chance, not a way of life.

We can't have one without the other, and we can't have a strong community without both.

The New Covenant is grounded in an old idea that all Americans have not just a right but a responsibility to do the hard work needed to rise as far as their talents and determination can take them and to give something back to their…

My mission as President is to restore the American dream to all of our people.

Today we have lost a personal friend, an American hero and champion of children throughout the world.

All of us have made our mistakes, and none of us can change our yesterdays.

People who have children must be prepared to take responsibility for them.

Let this be the year we end welfare as we know it.

I don't believe we should punish people because they happen to be poor or because of past mistakes.

Governments don't raise children; people do.

I am certain that you would have served your country with great distinction and honor in that important post.

We must work together to support Mexico's economic progress.

We cannot permit a cruel hoax to then be written into the law saying, well, you can get this block grant for police and prevention but only after the prison money is spent.