Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.

We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.

I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor - that if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.

We've got to unite our country again, because we're stronger when we are united and we are weaker when we are divided.

A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.

If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career.

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down. Abraham Lincoln said it...

We [americans] need to control our border just like people have to control who goes in and out of their house.

Do not expect peace with the enemy whose worth you do not recognize.

Have the best course for all your actions.

Laurel returned to CJ's bedroom. "Do you want me to remove your clothes?" "Hell, yeah, " he said, and the growly expression immediately vanished.

I always thought I would be a teacher. And I think I actually lived up to my initial dreams, because what I do now is teach millions and millions of people many different kinds of things.

Just as drowning cannot be equated with swimming, mere existence is not the same as abundant life. We have been offered a new way to live – a new way to be human.

Never underestimate the power of a woman.

We need to infuse politics with ideas like compassion and empathy, and a sense that we live in an interdependent world.

Seek spiritual riches within. What you are is much greater than anyone or anything else you have ever yearned for.

Globalisation thus implies that sovereignty...needs to become weaker.

I am confident that the British people will not be intimidated by terrorism.