Leadership is getting people to do things that they don't want to do.

Religious and racial persecution is moronic at all times, perhaps the most idiotic of human stupidities.

Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government.

We must earn the peace we seek just as we earned victory in the war, not by wishful thinking but by realistic effort. At no time in our history has unity among our people been so vital as it is at the present time. Unity of purpose, unity of effort, and unity of spirit are essential to accomplish the task before us.

I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up.

Being President is a little bit like riding a tiger. You have to keep riding, or else you will be swallowed up by it!

If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again.