America's leadership is essential. America's resources are vast. America's opportunities are unprecedented.

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'

An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.

There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck.

I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.

Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.

The spirit of seeking understanding through personal contact with people of other nations and other cultures deserves the respect and support of all.

Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.

I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself.

There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome, than that of being a mother.

It's our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting.

Power is a great aphrodisiac and I am a very powerful person

I mean, Jesus was a white man too. He was a historical figure — that's a verifiable fact.

Then, with an enormous rush of meadow-filled wind, the green candle went out, and my best friend died.

For me personally, as I said, I want to serve my country. I've done it once, and I'm still in the army, I feel as though I should get the opportunity to do it again.

If God is sovereign, then it is impossible for civil government to be neutral on issues of law. All law is based in some religious code.

We must move into the universe. Mankind must save itself. We must escape the danger of war and politics. We must become astronauts and go out into the universe and discover the God in ourselves.

Most people struggle financially because they take advice from sales people, not rich people.

If you're a nice person and you work hard, you get to go shopping at Barneys. It's the decadent reward.

Let us read, and let us dance — these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.