The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

Aeschylus and Plato are remembered today long after the triumphs of Imperial Athens are gone. Dante outlived the ambitions of thirteenth century Florence. Goethe stands serenely above the politics of Germany, and I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over cities, we too will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.

Anyone who is honestly seeking a job and can't find it, deserves the attention of the United States government, and the people.

Last year, more Americans went to symphonies than went to baseball games. This may be viewed as an alarming statistic, but I think that both baseball and the country will endure.

A rising tide (in the economy) lifts all boats.

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.

We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.