I want to meet them halfway on this and on many other issues.
Government is the instrument by which we give each other the tools to make the most of our own lives.
We've got to get up today and do the work of the country.
This is a unique moment.
Let us resolve to work together, one Nation under God, to build a bridge of hope and renewal to a new American century.
Let us build that America, a nation ever moving forward toward realizing the full potential of all its citizens.
It is our great good fortune that time and chance have put us not only at the edge of a new century, in a new millennium...
Enjoy the great gift of our citizenship.
This is the heart of our task.
Let us reaffirm our commitment to our shared values of family and faith, work and opportunity.
Today marks not a personal or political victory but the triumph of a free people who have freely chosen the course our c...