It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives.

The press has no better friend than I am, no one who is more ready to acknowledge . . . its tremendous power for both good and evil.

I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be 'the Union as it was'.

Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality... Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.

I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.

I will either be America's greatest president or its last.

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.