If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.'

Every citizen, regardless of his race, creed, or color, is entitled to equal justice.

I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display.

The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.

Doing the right thing is not the problem. Knowing what the right thing is, that's the challenge.

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.

When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.