Every dollar that we spend on these programs puts our children on a path to success.

We can't simply return to the strategies of the past.

I disagree. Not only is it impossible to turn back the tide of globalization, but efforts to do so can make us worse off.

We have a choice. We can continue the Bush status quo – as Senator McCain wants to do – and we will become a country in which few reap the benefits of the global economy.

Instead of reaching for new horizons, George Bush has put us in a hole.

It's great to be at Kettering – a university that is teaching the next generation of leaders.

This is our moment. This is our time to unite in common purpose, to make this century the next American century.

Create millions of new jobs and succeed in the 21st century's global economy.

Hope as that spirit inside us that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better is waiting for us if we're willing to work for it and fight for it.

That means setting examples of excellence in our own lives.

Turn the page on the failed policies of the past.