Learning is good in and of itself...the mothers of the Jewish ghettoes of the east would pour honey on a book so the children would know that learning is sweet. And the parents who settled hungry Kansas would take their children in from the fields when a teacher came.

Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.

I think 9/11 guaranteed that national security is going to be in the forefront of every election.

Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.

A campaign is a disagreement, and disagreements divide. But an election is a decision, and decisions clear the way for harmony and peace. I mean to be president of all the people.

You do not reform a world by ignoring it.

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?