I hereby resign this office of president of the United States.

Why would anyone want to be President today? The answer is not one of glory, or fame; today the burdens of the office outweigh its privileges. Its not because the Presidency offers a chance to be somebody, but because it offers a chance to do something.

...because there are no local or State boundaries to the problems of our environment, the Federal Government must play an active, positive role. We can and will set standards. We can and will exercise leadership.

Capitalism works better than it sounds, while socialism sounds better than it works.

The sky is no longer the limit.

I've never left a game before it ended. You never know when there could be a big turnaround in the game.

Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.