The Leadership Breakfast
"There’s a lot more that unites Americans than divides them."
Galileo
"Eighteen hours ago it landed on the planet Mars. You, me, and 60,000 of
your fellow students across the country, along with astroscientists and
engineers from the Jet Propulsion Lab in Southern California, NASA Houston,
and right here, at the White House, are going to be the first to see what it
sees, and to chronicle an extraordinary voyage of an unmanned ship called Galileo V.
College Kids
"Joy cometh in the morning," scripture tells us.
I hope so. I don't know if life would be worth living if it didn't. And I
don't yet know who set off the bomb at Kennison State. I don't know if it's
one person or ten, and I don't know what they want. All I know for sure, all
I know for certain, is that they weren't born wanting to do this. There's evil
in the world. There'll always be, and we can't do anything about that. But
there's violence in our schools, too much mayhem in our culture and we can
do something about that. There's not enough character, discipline, and depth in
our classrooms. There aren't enough teachers in our classrooms. There isn't nearly
enough, not nearly enough, not nearly enough money in our
classrooms, and we can do something about that. We're not doing nearly
enough, not nearly enough to teach our children well. And we can do better, and
we must do better, and we will do better. And we will start this moment
today! They weren't born wanting to do this.
100,000 Airplanes
"Over the past half-century, we've split the atom, we've spliced the gene,
and we've roamed Tranquility Base. We've reached for the stars, and never
have we been closer to having them in our grasp. New science, new technology
is making the difference between life and death, and so we need a national
commitment equal to this unparalleled moment of possibility. And so, I
announce to you tonight, that I will bring the full resources of the federal
government and the full reach of my office to this fundamental goal: we will
cure cancer by the end of this decade."
20 Hours in America, Part 2
More than any time in recent history, America's destiny is not of our own
choosing. We did not seek nor did we provoke an assault on our freedom and
our way of life. We did not expect nor did we invite a confrontation with evil.
Yet the true measure of a people's strength is how they rise to master that
moment when it does arive. Forty-four people were killed a couple of hours ago at
Kennison State University. Three swimmers from the men's team were killed
and two others are in critical condition. When, after having heard the explosion
from their practice facility, they ran into the fire to help get people out.
Ran into the fire. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels
tonight. They're our students and our teachers and our parents and our
friends. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels, but every time we
think we have measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and
we're reminded that that capacity may well be limitless. This is a time for
American heroes. We will do what is hard We will achieve what is great. This
is a time for American heroes and we reach for the stars. God bless their
memory, God bless you and God bless the United States of America.
Being Sam
