Our challenge today... is a primary challenge to our democracy today.

Democracies are tremendous at fighting wars.

You deserve great credit.

I encourage the Governors of the 50 States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to provide for the observance of this week.

To designate the Federal building located at 600 Camp Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the 'John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building.'

You brought us into the modern age.

We have too much at stake. We have too much work to do in building this new world.

The fact is... there has been progress and it has come through this President's leadership.

We are pleased that we were able to get so many other countries to agree to a sanctuary.

I accept your resignation and understand your reasons for submitting it.

White House announcement on the availability of new communications technologies for the President's trip to France to commemorate the 50th anniversary of D-Day

You undertook your assignment with great vigor and effectiveness.

I treasure and would fight and indeed die to protect the rights of people to express their views on this issue, no matter how different they may be from mine.

This precious boy carried the burdens of his illness with courage and a sense of warmth that touched me deeply.

We simply cannot, we must not continue to allow the attacks, the incidents of arson, the campaigns of intimidation upon law-abiding citizens that has given rise to this law.

It is time for us to turn away from that.

Our prayers are with Timothy's parents, Chris and Lisa West.

I hope they will feel healed by Timothy's strength and the knowledge that he is now with God.