I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat.

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.

I must be happy, he said, it is less pleasant than I should have thought.

Your big scary husband is crying.

You figured that the only way I'd be happy is if I did the things you thought would be best for me.

God gives strength to the weak.God grace is the power for godly living.

Everything I love about America is fragile.

At the end of the day, I let myself have a glass of wine.

If you took every pop song to heart, you'd be a bleeding romantic with a crushed heart every five minutes.

When someone is counting out gold for you, don't look at your hands, or the gold. Look at the giver.

Food is the most primitive form of comfort.

True strength is the courage to admit our weaknesses.