I'm not going to be the first American president to lose a war.

Idealism without pragmatism is impotent. Pragmatism without idealism is meaningless. The key to effective leadership is pragmatic idealism.

By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of the healing.

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word "crisis." One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity.

The bastards have never been bombed like they're going to be bombed this time.

But more than anything else, we have learned that legal assistance for the poor, when properly provided, is one of the most constructive ways to help them help themselves.

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.