Remember, at the end of the day [election] campaigns are always about the candidates.

There is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims: the House majority and their Speaker John Boehner.

America under Barack Obama has become a defensive, reactive and weaker country both at home and abroad.

I can guarantee you this, that more pension and benefit reforms which I will consider arbitration reform to be one of them, are things that when they come to my desk, they will be signed.

You know, something may be going down tonight, but it ain’t going to be jobs, sweetheart!

The greatness of America is in the American people. And what we need to do is get the government the hell out of the way and let the American people win once again.

They believe in teachers unions. We believe in teachers.

You see, Mr. President - real leaders don't follow polls. Real leaders change polls.

Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year.

I am who I am, but I am not a bully.

I have a job to do. ... If you think right now I give a damn about presidential politics, then you don't know me.

What we seem to perceive influences what we feel, and what we feel influences what we say we perceive

Prayer isn’t about repeating rituals

What is man? ... What a strange union of matter and mind! A machine for converting material into spiritual force.

One of the things I learned, the easiest of lessons, was that the better you do your job, often going against conventional mores, the less popular you are likely to be.

Don't mess with my kids again. I will look past it once because I do believe its my fault. But if you touch my kids one more time, then you'll be in danger too.

He marries best who puts it off until it is too late.

The mid-day sun is too much for most eyes; one is dazzled even with its reflection. Be careful that too broad and high an aim does not paralyze your effort and clog your springs of action.

Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.

Experiment is the sole judge of the validity of any idea.

When you're writing‚ you're conjuring. It's a ritual‚ and you need to be brave and respectful and sometimes get out of the way of whatever it is that you're inviting into the room.