"We have not come all this way -- through tragedy and trial and war -- only to falter and leave our

"We have not come all this way -- through tragedy and trial and war -- only to falter and leave our work unfinished."
-- President Bush
during his State of the Union speech, saying the nation needed to stay the course in its war against terrorism
"I don't anticipate us arriving at another candidate. We've got plenty of work to do on jobs, health care and trade, and that work will continue."
-- Donald Kaniewski,
political director of the Laborers' International Union of North America, a member of the coalition that backed Dick Gephardt, who dropped out of the presidential race Tuesday.