Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.

The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women

If you look at sort of how politics has divided itself here in this country, the big divide right now is between urban areas, which have become increasingly Democratic, and rural or exurban areas that feel as if they're being ignored.

I found this national debt doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.

Lincoln basically pulled in all the people who had been running against him into his Cabinet because, whatever personal feelings there were, the issue was 'How can we get this country through this time of crisis?' 

You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig.

The path of America's development is never a straight line. Sometimes we move in ways that are forwards; sometime that seem back.