In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

The President hears a hundred voices telling him that he is the greatest man in the world. He must listen carefully indeed to hear the one voice that tells him his is not.

We are profoundly grateful for the blessings bestowed upon us: the preservation of our freedom, so dearly bought and so highly prized; our opportunities for human welfare and happiness, so limitless in their scope; our material prosperity, so far surpassing that of earlier years; and our private spiritual blessings, so deeply cherished by all. For these we offer fervent thanks to God.

No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President, not even his closest aides or members of his immediate family. There is no end to the chain of responsibility that binds him, and he is never allowed to forget that he is President.

The way in which you endure that which you must endure is more important than the crisis itself.

The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they've had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top.

Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it.