We are not here to enjoy the things on earth, but to pass them around. The people who do it are the happiest people you know!

I, George Bush, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the decade beginning January 1, 1990, as the Decade of the Brain.

Draconian limits on economic growth and on the use of the automobile should not be necessary in order to give Americans clean air at levels they are willing to pay for, but it will require significant Federal, State, and local leadership and innovative approaches from government and industry.

This is a fact: Strength in the pursuit of peace is no vice; isolation in the pursuit of security is no virtue.

In crucial things, unity. In important things, diversity. In ALL things, generosity.

Law enforcement officials cannot place themselves above the law that they are sworn to defend.

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.