I will never apologize for the United States of America - I don't care what the facts are. Said after 'Vincennes' shot down an Iranian Airliner.

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 felt the pull toward you the first time we met.

Sacrifice is the surrender of that which you value in favor of which you dont

I am dying, but with a strong hope and persuasion that my country will gain her independence.

Resentment and anger are bad for your blood pressure and your digestion.

I pay a lot of attention to how things are done and the whole activity of building something is interesting.

Don't try to blame the pain on anyone. Blaming others won't erase the pain.

I like to play with the conventions around what we expect of paintings historically. But I also like to play with the conventions that you expect from a Kehinde Wiley painting, too.

Don’t stand up when you can sit down and don’t sit down when you can lie down.

It is only very ugly or very beautiful women who ever hide their faces .

And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.