Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

Freedom is not our gift to the world it is God's gift to humanity.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students, I say, you too can be president of the United States.

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.

I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.

I don't have many famous friends, really, except Simon Cowell.

Everybody does the same thing over and over again. I like to do the same thing every day.

Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good.

Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.

If you let Barnum & Bailey interpret a plot by Stendahl, it might come out to be something like the 1972 Democratic convention.

The deep sea can be fathomed, but who knows the heart of a woman?

When I meet a man, I am not concerned about his opinions. I am concerned about the man.

Cynics who say power is all that counts in politics forget that power without ideas is just improvisation.

Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was picked up from floors still slippery with blood.

The chief value of the new fact is to enhance the great and constant fact of life.