It is time for a new generation of leadership, to cope with new problems and new opportunities. For there is a new world to be won.

My call is not to those who believe they belong to the past. My call is to those who believe in the future.

The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.

There are those who regard this history of past strife and exile as better forgotten. But, to use the phrase of Yeats, let us not casually reduce "that great past to a trouble of fools." For we need not feel the bitterness of the past to discover its meaning for the present and the future.

Never let your fears hold you back from pursuing your hopes.

I would encourage every American to walk as often as possible. It's more than healthy; it's fun.

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.