I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

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.

Poverty is spiritual halitosis.

The Gates of Heaven and the Gates of Hell are the same gates. It just depends which side you're standing on when you walk through.

Begin to see the violence around you

What is your message ? And who will you be telling ?

...it is not what one has experienced but what one does with what one has experienced that matters.

I'm connected to religion and that's how I access God. I'm in a relationship with God that can sometimes be informed by religion, but not dependent on religion.

For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves.

Our dreams are our own, and only we can know the effort required to keep them alive.

War is good when good survives and evil is crushed. If you don't crush evil then evil will get you.