We cannot gamble with American lives. I will not gamble with American lives.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

We cannot wish for that we know not.

We cannot solve the problem of terrorism by asserting our will on the world.

We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.