We can turn it around if we begin now.

We can turn it around; we absolutely can, but it's going to take some time.

Better to make a mistake and correct it than to sit on the sidelines and not try to change the country.

This is the first step.

I think it's a terrible mistake, and I hope we can break out of it today.

We want to seize this moment to try to get it done now.

We have to find a way to make these changes our friend and not our enemy.

I'm telling you, folks, we have got to fix this.

These moments are always hard, because change is always hard.

We have to do more.

The political fog that has surrounded this town for so long is at long last lifting.

I am tired of hearing about all the things we cannot do.

I think that's a modest and fair price to pay for the change we seek and the progress we're making.

We must provide fundamental change.

I am confident that she will do an outstanding job of guiding the Air Force through this period of post-cold-war change.

I hope that this will never happen again.

Together we can make a difference for the better.

I think we can change it, and I'm upbeat about it.