A volunteer is a person who can see what others cannot see; who can feel what most do not feel.

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.

There's not a drug on earth can make life meaningful

Slow down. Stop trying to do everything now, now, now. Hold up the people behind you for all you care, feel them kicking at your heels but maintain your pace. Don't let anybody dictate your speed.

I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected their public responsibilities.

The hardest part of the show is saying goodbye when it's all done. It really breaks you.

You know why fish are so thin? They eat fish.

Those who forgive themselves and are able to accept their real nature, they are the strong ones.

This one goes out to all my critics: don't you feel stupid? Look how I did it. Look how it came to pass when I said it.

Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration.

I would have voted 'no' on the Iraq war and 'yes' to Afghanistan.

Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.