Through a century of progress and struggle, we have stood together, in good times and in bad.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama on the Relationship Between Australia and the United States | The White House

Women in large swaths of the U.S. are dying younger than they were a generation ago, reversing nearly a century of progress in public health and underscoring the rising toll of smoking and record obesity.

FORBES: Life Expectancy Is Falling For U.S. Women

On Bill of Rights Day, we celebrate the liberties secured by our forebears, pay tribute to all who have fought to protect and expand our civil rights, and rededicate ourselves to driving a new century of American progress.

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- Bill of Rights Day, 2012

If prices are falling because of advancing productivity, as at the end of the 19th century, it is a sign of progress, not economic collapse.

ECONOMIST: Inflation is bad, but deflation is worse