We have a special responsibility to the American people to take the lead in resolving this.

Our principal responsibility here is to give the American people the tools and create the conditions within which they can make the most of their own lives.

The best politics is to do the right thing by the American people.

We owe it to the American people, and I'm looking forward to it.

I want to say again to the American people how profoundly sorry I am for what I said and did to trigger these events.

Today is a happy day because it marks another step forward in our attempt to bring the American people the kind of life I believe that all hard-working citizens deserve.

I urge the Republican leaders of the Senate, who are using procedural tactics to block this measure, to listen to the will of the majority and the loud voice of the American people.

Prosperity and opportunity abound for the American people.

I honestly believe, and any major national survey will show, that nearly two-thirds of the American people agree with us on virtually every significant question.

The American people expect and deserve a fair, honest, and informed debate on the issue of climate change.

I am pleased that the House of Representatives, in a bipartisan fashion, today rejected an unwise and unwarranted attempt to deny the American people the facts about global warming.

The American people will not stand for it.

I have done my best to give the American people a Government for the 21st century.

It's important that the American people understand we don't have a surplus yet.

The American people will be watching.

Your work should give the American people confidence that air travel in the 21st century will be better and safer than ever before.

I think it's very important that the American people respond to the challenge that I laid out last night to make American education the best in the world.

Just as I have benefited time and again from her counsel and her judgment, the American people will benefit from her leadership.