"He won't give mothers and fathers the simple chance to take some time off from work when a baby is born or a parent is sick, but I will."
"The Republicans have campaigned against big government for a generation, but have you noticed? They've run this big government for a generation and they haven't changed a thing."
"For too long those who play by the rules and keep the faith have gotten the shaft, and those who cut corners and cut deals have been rewarded."
"We will put our people first again."
"I am well aware that all those millions of people who rallied to Ross Perot's cause wanted to be in an army of patriots for change. Tonight I say to them, join us, and together we will revitalize Amer..."
"A government that is leaner, not meaner; a government that expands opportunity, not bureaucracy."
"That's why we need a new approach to government, a government that offers more empowerment and less entitlement."
"We've gotten to where we've nearly them'ed ourselves to death. Them, and them, and them."
"We can make our country the country it was meant to be."
"In the end, my fellow Americans, this New Covenant simply asks us all to be Americans again- old-fashioned Americans for a new time. Opportunity, responsibility, community."
"We're moving ahead."