We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.

We sometimes emphasize the danger in a crisis without focusing on the opportunities that are there.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a cure for AIDS in the marketplace before Magic Johnson gets AIDS?

I flew on Air Force Two for eight years, and now I have to take off my shoes to get on an aeroplane.

Our way of life is at stake, our grandchildren are at stake, the future of civilization is at stake.

I want to extend condolences to the families of those who died in the service of the United Nations.

I shouldn't toot my own horn, but he who doth not toot his own horn alloweth it to remain untooteth.

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.

I am uniquely positioned and prepared to be president. I can assure you I am serious. I am committed

There's overwhelming evidence that there was a connection between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government.

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.

We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country.

Today, the religion clauses of the First Amendment do not need to be fixed; they need to be followed.

Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.

Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.

I've been told to keep my remarks relatively brief. I understand Quayle-hunting season begins at noon.

What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.

Though everyone has an equal right to speak, not all have earned an equal right to be taken seriously.

What you do, what each of us does, has an effect on the country, the state, the nation, and the world.

I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university.

I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets

The Bush-Cheney administration had betrayed some basic American values. So there was hunger for change.

I was a big supporter of waterboarding. I was a big supporter of the enhanced interrogation techniques.

Until racial justice and freedom is a reality in this land, our union will remain profoundly imperfect.

George Bush taking credit for the wall coming down is like the rooster taking credit for the sun rising.

The oil industry has outpaced the building of a public consensus of the implications of climate science.

Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.

We'll let the sunshine in and shine on us, because today we're happy and tomorrow we'll be even happier.

I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public service.

Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. It makes the whole thing mutual - America sees two John Kerrys.

There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.

I do not feel that we should allow a shortage of funds to prevent cities from financing needed projects.

I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.

Our Constitution recognises no other power than that of persuasion, for enforcing religious observances.

If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.

I learned early on that if you don't want your memos to get you in trouble someday, just don't write any.

We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels.

Equality means equality for all - no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits.

Each child is an adventure into a better life - an opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new.

Consider what kind of car you get. Buy cars and other products that have the least impact environmentally.

You know the old saying: you win some, you lose some... and then there's that little-known third category.

One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.

The message was that... fathers can go ahead and have children, but they don't have to raise the children.

I'm more concerned with bad guys who got out and released than I am with a few that in fact were innocent.

No man can hope to be elected in his state without being photographed eating a hot dog at Nathan's Famous.

Men may be born free; they cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.

Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy.

No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

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