Together we made a commitment to balance the budget. Now let's keep it.

We must strive for excellence in education.

We must teach our children to read, write, and compute in the early grades.

I have established a national goal of assuring American competitive pre-eminence into the 21st century.

To assure that every American—no matter what age—learns to speak, read, and write English so as to be able to fully participate in our society.

Let it never be said of this generation of Americans that we became so obsessed with failure that we refused to take risks that could further the cause of peace and freedom in the world.

America's competitiveness in world markets is critical to maintaining and expanding our standard of living and national security.

The administration opposes the mass transit reauthorization bill.

To achieve this greatness really comes down to just being our best.

America isn't finished. Her best days have just begun.

There's one more thing we can't let up on: Let's redouble our personal efforts to provide for every child a safe and drug-free learning environment.

We the people tell the Government what it can do, and it can do only those things listed in that document and no others.