All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.

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

This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.

Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?... Let us show that we can temper together those opposite elements of liberty and restraint into one consistent whole. Let us set an example for the world of a law-abiding America glorying in its freedom as well as its respect for law.

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

All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.

I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right.