We need an independent media to hold people like me to account.

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.

Falling in love was like falling off a cliff. It felt pretty much like flying until you hit the ground.

As far as I'm concerned, men like you were put on this world to entertain women like me.

Gone. The saddest word in the language. In any language.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

When we do the hard stuff for the first 20 years we will have an easier life for the 60, but if we take it easy for the first 20 then we will live a life of struggle later on.

There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.

The most profound indication of social malignancy ... no sense of humor. None of the monoliths could take a joke.

I didn't know the draft was in alphabetical order.

God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.

Commonplace objects are constantly changing… The pies, for example, we now see, are not going to be around forever. We are merely used to the idea that things do not change.