Over my tenure as governor, I have come not only to respect the political muscle of the Federation; I've come to respect the brains. All of us depend on your efforts and energies.

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 set of excellent questions themselves is perhaps like a poem, both philosophical and intellectual.

Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.

Responding to truth will keep you safe. Reacting to error will only create another error.

The meaning of life can be revealed but never explained.

The American Museum of Natural History is my son's absolute favorite place in the world! So we really, really, really love New York.

Life is a gamble, we scramble for money, I might crack a smile, but ain't a damn thing funny.

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

If I'm going to be anything more than average, if anyone is going to remember me, then I need to go further, in art, in life, in everything!

where the world ends is where you must begin

I know a number of autistic adults that are doing extremely well on Prozac.