Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don't want to be a colony in a nation.

There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white.

Never forget, the press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Professors are the enemy. Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it.

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

I don't think a woman should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why I do is mainly because they are erratic and emotional.

I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant.

I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Let lessons learnt be like fingers burned. Gentle reminders imploring us to stay away from fire.

They are as stubble before the wind and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

Love is the perfect safety, or the perfect weapon.

I could still walk the street. I don't have to have no massive security.

I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone.

Democracy cannot sustain itself amid a high degree of violence.

We tend to promise by our hopes and live by our fears.

A man who doesn't think differently from his time and environment can't grow beyond his time and environment.

Any difficulties which the world faces today will be as nothing compared to the full effects which global warming will have on the world-wide economy.