The fact is prosperity has a purpose. It's to allow us to pursue "the better angels," to give us time to think and grow.

Now, like, I'm President. It would be pretty hard for some drug guy to come into the White House and start offering it up, you know?...I bet if they did, I hope I would say, 'Hey, get lost. We don't want any of that.'

By the year 2000, all Americans must be able to set the clocks on their VCRs.

I believe we should make use of what we know. We know that the future of the Earth must not be compromised.

Service is never a simple act; it's about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one person to another, about all our choices gathered together as a country to reach across all our divides.

I want a kinder, gentler nation.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.