Let Detroit go bankrupt.

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

I like PBS. I love Big Bird ... But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.

I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia, or Mr. Putin.

I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.

My wife drives a couple of Cadillacs.

I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.

I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.

Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.

I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was.

Thou hast given a right judgment, but why judge thou not thyself also?

They grew up, moulded by the harsh or kindly pressure of their fellows, to be either well nurtured, generous, sound, or mentally crippled, bitter, unwittingly vindictive.

Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a person's car is the only place where he can be alone and think.

Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium.

My personal feeling is that people need to be careful not to start over-analyzing and taking things apart and trying to be critical.

Pears like I prayed all the time, 'bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an' groaned to the Lord.

The kids growing up in the apartheid era were so restricted and angry - if they spoke out against it, they were thrown in jail.

Everything the black people are doing comes from the Honorable Elijah Mohammed. They are black now, they don't want to be called Negroes. This come from the Honorable Elijah Mohammed.

And I watch my words from a long way off. They are more yours than mine. They climb on my old suffering like ivy.

Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.