The decision to attack the entire nation [of Yugoslavia] has been counterproductive, and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless and excessively brutal. ... The United States' insistence on the use of cluster bombs, designed to kill or maim humans, is condemned almost universally and brings discredit on our nation (as does our refusal to support a ban on land mines). Even for the world's only superpower, the ends don't always justify the means.

Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.

My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman.

I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.

Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.

[Jerry Brown] is California's way of celebrating the Year of the Child.

There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.