You ain't learnin' nothin' when you're talkin'.

Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sake - but for the future of our nation's sake. Nothing matters more to the future of our country: not our military preparedness - for armed might is worthless if we lack the brainpower to build world peace; not our productive economy - for we cannot sustain growth without trained manpower; not our democratic system of government - for freedom is fragile if citizens are ignorant.

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

We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.

Effective law enforcement and social justice must be pursued together, as the foundation of our efforts against crime.

Of those to whom much is given, much is asked.

I am a compromiser and maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works.