Only with the commitment of all of these people and with their cooperation and help can we be successful in attaining the goals that we hope to agree upon.

Not only are we going to set national performance goals, which are ambitious, not only are we going to develop strategies to achieve them, but we stand here before you and tell you we expect to be held personally accountable for the…

It has never happened in over 200 years.

I remain solidly committed to these principles, and I value your advice and ideas as we continue to refine the Federal role.

Let no child in America be forgotten or forsaken.

This has been historic, and I promise you that I won't, that my Cabinet won't, and that our entire administration will not.

Let us be an America of tougher standards, of higher goals, and a land of bigger dreams.

The United States is willing to work with the international financial institutions to support increased economic assistance for Colombia.

This is what we need to make us more successful in the increasingly competitive international marketplace, creating more jobs and better living standards for Americans.

Our compact is founded not on promises but on challenges.

I do not counsel a naive nostalgia, some tame adherence to the past.

The time for rhetoric is past; the time for performance is now.