I'm not what you call your basic intellectual.

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.

The difference between a truth and a lie is determined when one chose to accept the other.

Younger colleagues tended to draw untested self-confidence from their bonuses and prestigious degrees.

When you sleep, you don't control your dream. I like to dive into a dream world that I've made, a world I chose and that I have complete control over.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I was going to squirt tears. How unprofessional.

Every strong conviction ends by taking possession of us; it overcomes and absorbs us, and tears us ruthlessly from everything else. Has the Cross so seized upon your life?

I think that maybe forgiveness is like change - it comes in small steps. (256)

You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.

The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader - the CEO.

Failure will hurt but not hinder us.

It takes a community to start a revolution.