We're going to keep trying to strengthen the American family, to make them more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons.

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.

Be courageous! Never fear to take a chance.

The next time someone says, ‘The odds are against you, ’ remember: If you don’t try, you forfeit the opportunity.

The Dionysian is no picnic.

You've got to be fine with who you are.

After he saw what happened to Saddam Hussein, he (Gadhafi) did not want to be Saddam Hussein. He gave up his nuclear program.

It actually does matter what people think about you.

Peas went with carrots as infallibly as ham went with eggs. For years I thought carrots and peas grew on the same vine.

To address questions of scientific responsibility does not necessarily imply that one needs technical competence in a particular field (e.g. biology) to evaluate certain technical matters.

To make an end is to make a beginning.

What job is worth the enormous psychic cost of following a leader who values loyalty in the narrowest sense.