The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.

Unlike any other business in the United States sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence.

In the States tennis is sixth or seventh on the totem pole as far as sports go.

People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.

That's the biggest problem with boxing in the United States. They do not promote it like they used to when it used to be Howard Cosell and they showed it on 'Wide World of Sports.' Everybody knew all the fighters. Everybody was looking forward to the year when the Olympics came on.

Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972 with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.

Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four.

In emerging democracies like Russia in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.

What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.

You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses.

All the United States it is a society that is split like to the bottom that had very poor people in the country that is one of the wealthiest countries.

Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less than 1 percent of American high school students study the critical foreign languages of Arabic Chinese Japanese Korean or Russian combined.

We asked ourselves and the world to base decisions on good science and I really believe the United States can be the leader in delivering that message to our international trading partners.

The 'science' for which the United States is respected has nothing to do with the unscientific and baseless theory of evolution.

It's really sad for me that in the United States the Latino community is losing its culture and language especially among kids born here - a lot of them can't even speak our language.

The sad fact is that the same terrorist scenarios if they occurred in five different States there could be five different sets of responses to the American people. We need at a minimum a level of coordination on communicating threats to the public.

Here in the United States our profession is much maligned people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.

I think the crux of the matter was that if we were going to become partners in for example the International Space Station we had to gain the respect of a country like the United States and particularly its space organization NASA.

The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States.

With respect to the northeastern boundary of the United States no official correspondence between this Government and that of Great Britain has passed since that communicated to Congress toward the close of their last session.

In the United States we do a pretty good job of protecting iconic landscapes and postcard views but the ocean gets no respect.

Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing marijuana prohibition laws.

Art and Religion are then two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. Art and Religion are means to similar states of mind.

The United States is not a nation based upon race creed or religion - we are a nation based upon our loyalty and allegiance to our country and her principles.

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity it destroys religion it destroys states it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

We want to obviously foster a relationship that we're a partner with states that we all share the same goals of closing the achievement gap just as the Congress does and that we're practical and sophisticated enough to understand what they're talking about.

Putin has a lot at stake here and restoring the relationship with the United States and there are already signs as Sandy mentioned that he's moving in the right direction to begin to ascertain that their trade with Iran is not used for the production of nuclear weapons.

For decades Japan has been a friend and reliable trading partner with the United States and I anticipate that relationship will prosper.

Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship then cutting off the heads. So the Soviets must use their teeth to pull them out.

I do want to try to put things in perspective today relative to the U.S.-Canada relationship. I would like to start by talking about how important this relationship is to the people of the United States.