The longer our graduation lines are today, the shorter our unemployment lines will be tomorrow.

The anchor in our world today is freedom, holding us steady in times of change, a symbol of hope to all the world.

If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.

If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched.

In crucial things, unity. In important things, diversity. In ALL things, generosity.

Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

Do not conform to seek the seekers, but leave the leavers. Wisdom comes from facing what you do not yet understand.

I have never tried to walk through a mall in the Christmas season dressed like a jolly old elf. You might as well dress up like a pork chop and walk into an alley full of starving dogs.

What can be added to the happiness of man who is in health out of debt and has a clear conscience?

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it.

The United Nations cannot stand by and witness the destruction of the people of West Papua.

God creates, blesses and saves each of us for a radically global purpose

We all have this fantasy of finding our one true love who's going to be the perfect fit. It's just not a reality.

It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas.

The people who truly know me know what I'm like. There have been people who try to say things that aren't fair, and I check them. And then they don't like me because I checked them.

People ask me, "What are you going to do to develop jobs in your state?" Well, that's not my job as a US senator...