Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe.

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.

He endured all that hell is on the cross, so that you would never know what hell is like.

When you limit a woman's potential, you limit your own.

I see myself as Rhoda not Mary Tyler Moore.

I am an agnostic I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.

We are fighting Germany, Austria and drink, and as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is drink.

And if you are strong enough, then you can grow as a conductor more and more.

I'm more hungry now than I was 11 years ago. Which is great because I see a lot of artists that have been out for a long period of time. They get kind of fat.

Let us be those creative dissenters who will call our beloved nation to a higher destiny. To a new plateau of compassion, to a more noble expression of humanness.

My job is to bring to life the character, not to put the words on the paper.

It is never too late to start growing.