I would like to remembered as President as somebody who did not compromise principles in order to try to be loved or liked.

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.

For ourselves, who are ordinary men and women, let us return thanks to Nature for her bounty by using every one of the senses she has given us.

Out here, the open night is my church, the trees are my congregation, the stars are my angels and the moon is the only god that I know.

Power needs plots because plots are secret until they unfold and the most gratifying kind of power is holding onto an explosive secret.

If I cry on telly, I'm genuinely crying. If it's a gritty scene it can come naturally.

Boy lift it up, lets make a toasta Lets get drunk, its gon bring us closa Don't I look like a HalleBerry posta?

I reckon if I can't spend the day sleeping, the next best thing is to spend it reading and drinking.

We don't owe the blacks a damn thing, anyway.

When you seek Love with all your Heart, you shall find its echoes in the universe.

Denzel has been that leading man, but it took him a while to get to Training Day and Hurricane Carter.

I agree about Shaw - he is haunted by the mystery he flouts. He is an atheist who trembles in the haunted corridor.