When you question a man's motives, when you say they are acting out of greed, they are in the pocket of an interest group, et cetera. It's awful hard to reach consensus. It's awful hard to reach across the table and shake hands. No matter how bitterly you disagree, though, it is always possible if you question judgment and not motive.

Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive.

A man I'm proud to call my friend. A man who will be the next President of the United States — Barack America!

I also acknowledge that prejudice runs very deep in our society. And, in the real world, discrimination rears its ugly head in the shadows, where it's very difficult to root it out.

When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the forces when you authorize him to be able to use the forces.

Mike Dukakis? He's the salt of the earth.

Everyone plagiarizes me. Ever since I wrote my autobiography.