This Children's Discovery Center, to me, is a symbol of what is best in our public life.

Today, I don't think we have a bigger job than trying to keep our children alive and rebuild our families.

We just can't allow the kind of disinformation that Mr. Bowles talked about and the intense, almost hysterical fear that's been bred in some of the small business community.

What we need to be doing is figuring out how we can make the changes necessary together to enable all of our people to live up to their potential.

What we owe these kids is not just peace in the world but peace on our streets and peace of mind.

Ask yourselves what you can do to improve your own health, the health of your communities, and the availability of sporting and teamwork activities to kids.

Their action follows more than a year and a half of debate and discussion in town hall meetings, in doctors' offices, hospitals, and around kitchen tables.

I applaud that community for refusing to give in to criminals who tyrannize the neighborhoods with their guns and took their children's freedom away.

Freedom from violence and freedom from fear are essential to maintaining not only personal freedom but a sense of community in this country.

The spirit of giving really creates America's sense of common bond, our sense of community.

Every one of you has got somebody living in your city, even if you live in a really small town, who's had somebody in their family that's been sick.

I believe that Habitat has the capacity to literally revolutionize the sense of community and responsibility, caring about one another in this country.

But a lot of others, especially the parents and their children, can be lifted out of their helplessness and hopelessness if we relate to them in the right way.

This act will help us to take our streets, our neighborhoods, back for American values and American children.

We can make our neighborhoods and our nations places of shared responsibility, not random violence.

The optimism and perseverance that have made South Korea great can also be found in abundance here in our Korean-American community.

All of our children, grandparents, mothers and fathers must know that no matter the challenges we face, we can be secure in the love and support of a family.

We want this community to be united, not divided, and open, not closed.