I had watched Dad climb into the biggest arena and succeed. I wanted to find out if I had what it took to join him.

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.

It is only the brave who win life’s rewards. Those who don’t overcome their fears are destined to fail at even the least things.

Someone's therapist knows all about you.

It was easier to come to maturity when there were more well-defined philosophical options.

Out, damned spot! out, I say!

If you ignore every single thing Jesus told you to do, you are just auditing. You're not a Christian.

Daddy always said you only explained things to the people that actually mattered.

Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.

I've always been impulsive. My thinking is usually pretty good, but I always seem to do it after I do my talking — by which time I've generally destroyed all basis for further conversation.

I think that there's a lot of guys out there that want to read the equivalent of chick lit, but really there's not being much written for them.