I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live.

The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.

We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.

I suppose if you could have only one thing, it would be that-energy. Without it, you haven't got a thing.

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.

The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.