We are not here to enjoy the things on earth, but to pass them around. The people who do it are the happiest people you know!

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.

On a day like today, there's no friend like a book.

I may not be the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick the smartest people to do business with and size them up very fast.

Drifting away from one’s culture leaves one stranded in the middle of nowhere till the time his suffocation strangles him.

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.

As I said, men value their independence in a weird way, above practically everything.

You do not require an invitation to make profits.

One must always be civic-minded.

A long life or a short life are of equal importance to God.

All of a sudden you're like the Bin Laden of America. Osama Bin Laden is the only one who knows what I'm going through.

All right," I managed to say, just before I crumpled to the floor. "Let's see what you've got.