An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.

Government exists to create and preserve conditions in which people can translate their ideas into practical reality. In the best of times, much is lost in translation. But we try.

In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.

I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone.

I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.

I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.

The tough decisions that a president has to make in the Oval Office are in no way related to the capability of a person to do well on television. On the other hand, the capability of a person to project favorably on television enhances that person's odds of being elected so he can serve in the Oval Office. So you can't ignore the talents, one, to be very effective on television, and on the other hand, to be very effective as an operating president.