In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'

An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.

There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck.

I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.

Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.

The spirit of seeking understanding through personal contact with people of other nations and other cultures deserves the respect and support of all.

Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.

I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself.

There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome, than that of being a mother.

I really do feel like I was born to write and tell stories.

The older I get the more I enjoy my childhood…! ~James A. Murphy

You´re not perceiving what's out there. You're perceiving whatever your brain tells you.

There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.

Sometimes going in for a hard tackle generates a louder cheer than a great pass.

I'm a believer in what your record is. I am what my record is - some of it good, some of it bad, some of it hard to tell.

I don't think I'm fixed. People think that you're like a car in a body shop. You go in, they fix you, and you're out. It takes constant fixing.

Don't ever let your memories be bigger than your dreams.

Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.