“First, we parents have to back up school authority and quit making excuses for our kids when they misbehave.”

“If we only stopped to listen to them for a few minutes, kids could tell us that we move too fast, for their good and ours.”

“One thing we know for sure is that change is certain. Progress is not. Progress depends on the choices we make today for tomorrow and on whether we meet our challenges and protect our values.”

“What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities. ”

“when you stumble, keep faith. And when you're knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on.”

“I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president.”

“It took a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, it may take another Clinton to clean up after the second one”