A President is neither prince nor pope, and I don't seek a window on men's souls. In fact, I yearn for a greater tolerance, an easy-goingness about each other's attitudes and way of life.

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.

The pauper is vulnerable to pride and pride is the destroyer of man's glory.

Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven

The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more.

Faith makes blessed. Consequently it lies.

It is not so much that I began to run, but that I continued.

We will also be funding projects that empower women and children in Afghanistan and now and then give scholarships to Afghan students here in the Bay Area.

When you want a nation, that's called nationalism... Black nationalism. A revolutionary is a Black nationalist. He wants a nation.

I think the artists of the recession will end up being a very strong force in the future. They learned about survival.

Human beings are infinitely worth studying, especially the peculiarities that often go along with outstanding gifts.

I never get to go to movies, because I'm a mom.