Pictures can live in one's memory. That's why they are important.

You cannot have a diplomatic offensive without talking.

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.

God doesn't make orange juice, God makes oranges.

I think reconciliation is Obama's goal - but the fight with the Republicans is like a fight with pit bulls, they never let go. Even worse, now the Republicans feel they can keep pushing and he will keep giving. They have not seen a stiff resistance on his part.

We must renew the economy from the bottom up, not top down.

The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt.