Communism didn't fall. It was pushed.

The anchor in our world today is freedom, holding us steady in times of change, a symbol of hope to all the world.

If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.

If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched.

In crucial things, unity. In important things, diversity. In ALL things, generosity.

Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

When you believe you reflect what is holy and good, you can see more that is good in every stage of your life. (319)

Why do I feel like my heart is ripping in thousands of pieces, taking with it every shred of soul that I still have?

What you learn is more important than what you earn.

The overcoming power is God's; the overcoming privilege is ours!

It will be hard to find a parallel in history in which unarmed people have represented the urge for freedom, turning their armlessness into the central means for deliverance.

Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

Grumbling is the death of love

The consolation of art comes in many forms... For some it is making, for others it is having.

It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.

Look at us human beings: it's so much easier to be right than to love.