Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose.

This increase in the life span and in the number of our senior citizens presents this Nation with increased opportunities: the opportunity to draw upon their skill and sagacityand the opportunity to provide the respect and recognition they have earned. It is not enough for a great nation merely to have added new years to lifeour objective must also be to add new life to those years.

Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings.

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.

At the start of 2005 the idea of downloading a song to a mobile phone was an idea, by the end of the year it was a reality.

A boy spends his time finding a girl to sleep with. A real man spends his time looking for the one worth waking up to.

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.