If you're asking me as the President, would I understand reality, I do.

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.

A very disturbing feature of overconfidence is that it often appears to be poorly associated with knowledge - that is, the more ignorant the individual, the more confident he or she might be.

And to fight this beast of wrong is what I intend to do. To do otherwise is to sidestp this rabid injustice.

It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice versa.

When every aspect of your life is impeccable, then you will find that there's no limit to your journeys into the infinite.

Well, I won't give up on us, Even if the skies get rough I'm giving you all my love, I'm still looking up

The great secret possessed by the great men of all ages was their ability to contact and release the powers of their subconscious mind. You can do the same.

But I'm not here just to make records and money. I'm here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in a cry of desperation: "Do you know this feeling?

Love, which is the essence of God, is not for levity, but for the total worth of man.

I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books.

The sixties were a time when ordinary people could do extraordinary things . . . !