If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream is alive and well, and where the United States remains the leading force for peace and prosperity in a highly competitive world, you should vote for Barack Obama. – William J. Clinton

Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by Gods Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen. – Queen Elizabeth II

Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face ones own inner self. – Michel de Montaigne