I thought how proud I am to be standing up beside my dad. Never did it occur to me that he would become the gist for cartoonists.

There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment and expose the pretensions of tyrants and reward the hopes of the decent and tolerant. And that is the force of human freedom.

I suspect that had my dad not been president, he'd be asking the same questions: How'd your meeting go with so-and-so? . How did you feel when you stood up in front of the people for the State of the Union Address-state of the budget address, whatever you call it.

If you read with empathy what Lincoln went through, then you realize what you're going through is nothing compared to what he went through.

If he's - the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a - is a noble institution I would - I would strongly reject that assumption - that John Ashcroft is a openminded, inclusive person.

They want the federal government controlling the Social Security, like it's some kind of federal program.

We ought to make the pie higher.