I believe in the universality of freedom and therefore want to be involved in the freedom movement.

Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

Freedom is not our gift to the world it is God's gift to humanity.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students, I say, you too can be president of the United States.

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.

I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.

I truly believed that the creation of hope was the greatest of all the arts, the noblest of all the lies.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

I chose to tell the story visually, so that anyone of any age, from any country, could understand it.

But I guess you don't see the planets when you're staring at the sun. You just get blinded.

Happiness is just a great equalizer. It's like water. You pour happiness liberally and all sorts of great things are going to happen.

Whomever compares him or herself to another, always loses.

I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.

As sunbeams stream through liberal space And nothing jostle or displace, So waved the pine-tree through my thought And fanned the dreams it never brought.

It's important that women support women. It gives me a great sense of well-being to know that I can make a difference in people's lives.

A lot of my music is more about the possibilities of acknowledging something, rather than giving you an answer.