I am profoundly grateful to you for twice giving me the honor to serve, to work for you and with you to prepare our nation for the 21st century.

The global economy is giving more of our own people, and billions around the world, the chance to work and live and raise their families with dignity.

We can honor Dr. King's sacrifice. We can help his children fulfill their legacy. ... Every one of us are in a way the children of Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King.

This is working. You can reward work.

There is no better way to honor Dr. King than to spend Monday giving back to our communities in his memory. He encouraged us to work together to build better, stronger and more united communities and he showed us that we can make a difference,

As we become ever more diverse, we must work harder to unite around our common values and our common humanity.