I have been uplifted by the extraordinary power of the American heart - by those armies of compassion, who are willing to cross town or cross the globe to minister to those they've never met and will never see again.

The horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.

The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.

Stop telling the truth about my record!

I had a dream that I would be here this week, receiving something from the president, but I thought it would be the front door key.

Sure, losing an election hurts, but I've experienced worse. And at an age when every day is precious, brooding over what might have been is self-defeating. In conceding the 1996 election, I remarked that "tomorrow will be the first time in my life I don't have anything to do." I was wrong. Seventy-two hours after conceding the election, I was swapping wisecracks with David Letterman on his late-night show.

If there is one clear lesson of our century, it is this: where aggression is tolerated, it multiplies.