You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.

Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

Freedom is not our gift to the world it is God's gift to humanity.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students, I say, you too can be president of the United States.

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.

I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.

The sacred lamp, shall never cease to burn to give light.

Without an anchor, we can be drifted to any shore. May you find hope as anchor.

True emancipation begins neither at the polls nor in the courts. It begins in woman's soul.

I'm still the same and I don't feel any different but when the elevator doors open and everybody gasps, it's an alienating feeling.

But even quashed rebellions leave us different. Because freedom may be a forbidden fruit in tyrannies, but once tasted, it is unforgettable.

She smiled at him, with longing. 'Where do you live,' she asked, 'and how do I get there?

What yesterday was still religion is no longer such today; and what today is atheism, tomorrow will be religion.

Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

There is no breakthrough without a breakdown.

The only person standing in your way is you.