Be bold in your caring, and be bold in your dreaming.

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.

We are way less likely to love someone just because they love us than we are to hate someone just because they hate us.

Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside.

There's something so great about being with your nephew and, when you're tired, just handing him off back to your sister.

I can be mean. Not dirty. But very mean.

Eternal superiority of the Dandy. What is the Dandy?

Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.

I have no idea! I have been writing for 35 years and from the beginning up to now the situation's almost the same. I'm kind of an ugly duckling. Always the duckling, never the swan.

Life could be cruel enough these days without the truth making it worse.

I've gotten to the place where I find life too short for if-only.

If your children see that you are seeking, they will seek-the finding part is up to God.