We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

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.

Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilization were to be based on the gruesome glory of war.

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

Manchester United are not just some club. To be part of this club also means to be part of a great history.

If you do not raise your eyes you will think that you are the highest point.

The sermon which does not lead to Christ, or of which Jesus Christ is not the top and the bottom, is a sort of sermon that will make the devils in hell laugh, but make the angels of God weep.

Don’t make it a challenge. You know how much I like those.

I wasn't the most popular girl in class, I had my friends, but I was comfortable with myself. There's always those most popular girls and I wasn't one of those.

I have lived my whole life with high intensity.

I don't want to sound pretentious, but I love art, I like to go to museums, and I like to read books.

The universe doesn't conspire against you, but it doesn't go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect.