But also out here in this dreary, difficult war, I think history will record that this may have been one of Americas finest hours, because we took a difficult task and we succeeded.

It is not enough just to be for peace. The point is, what can we do about it?

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady.

You cannot win a battle in any arena merely by defending yourself.

If you think the United States has stood still, who built the largest shopping center in the world?

I never say something I cannot do. And I always will do more than I can say.

The answer to many of the domestic problems we face is not higher taxes and more spending. It is less waste, more results and greater freedom for the individual American to earn a rightful place in his own community - and for States and localities to address their own needs in their own ways, in the light of their own priorities.