America's Dreams
Barack Obama on
The Desire to Reach for the Unreachable
"I've always believed that the incredible story of progress that is America has been built by those who ask why, what if, and why not - questions asked by the very students at this college every day they choose to confront the challenges of this new century. It is this fundamental character of the American spirit - the desire to move forward, look around the next corner, and reach for the unreachable - that put the first man on the moon, led to a cure for polio, and launched the technological revolution of the nineties."
April 23, 2005, SIUC College of Agriculture's 50th Anniversary
