Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression that we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land.

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

Both must make tangible, immediate steps toward this vision.

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

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

I've often thought that the process of aging could be slowed down if it had to go through Congress.

I put confidence in the American people, in their ability to sort through what is fair and what is unfair, what is ugly and what is un-ugly.