The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis the balance of power war and peace and the economic future of the next generation.

The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability.

We know that when people are safe in their homes they are free to pursue their dream for a brighter economic future for themselves and their families.

The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips.

The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and a stronger future for their children faces assault from just about every direction. That great enemy of democratic capitalism economic inequality is real and growing.

By failing seriously to confront the most predicable economic crisis in our nation's history the President's policies are committing us and our children to a diminished future.

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

Without economic development any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable.

With Napster and the sharing of music of course there are going to be people who exploit it. Greed has no end. But there's a lot of good that could happen. We shouldn't let the economic concerns of the major labels infringe on our freedom to share music.

Every American deserves to live in freedom to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race gender ethnicity or economic circumstances.