We want to give people some credit for community service they do while they're in college.

The great challenge of your generation is to prove that every person here in this great land can live up to the fullest of their God-given capacity.

National service is nothing less than the American way to change America.

Developing the capacity of the American people to be all they can be is perhaps the most important job that I have as President.

If that is so, if that is true, my fellow Americans, and if you believe it, it must therefore follow that each of us has an obligation to serve.

The lesson of our whole history is that honoring service and rewarding responsibility is the best investment America can make.

I think we ought to do that.

National service will be America at its best, building community, offering opportunity, and rewarding responsibility.

I would discourage the American people from overreacting to this.

I believe they are dead wrong.

This morning I got a report on that, and it's my understanding that we are going through the regular agencies and that the request will be processed promptly.

I thank all the people who reached out to the injured and the frightened amid the tumult that shook lower Manhattan.

Their reaction and their valor reminds us of how often Americans are at their best when we face the worst.

Our plan will cut the deficit as a percentage of our national income in half between now and 1997, so we can put our resources to work for all of us.

If we get America moving again, I don't care who gets the credit.

Americans should know we'll do everything in our power to keep them safe in their streets, their offices, and their homes.

I think Mrs. Nunamaker is right; we are on the right track.

This is good news for everyone but especially for the young adults and middle class families who thought they would never be able to afford their own homes.