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

In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.

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

I just don't think we should go hellfire damnation around the globe freeing people, unless it is directly related to our own national security.

The veto is a President's Constitutional right, given to him by the drafters of the Constitution because they wanted it as a checkagainst irresponsible Congressional action. The veto forces Congress to take another look at legislation that has been passed. I think this is a responsible tool for a president of the United States, and I have sought to use it responsibly.

If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave.