I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

You can't depend on the man who made the mess to clean it up.

No president in history has been more vilified or was more vilivied during the time he was President than Lincoln. Those who knew him, his secretaries, have written that he was deeply hurt by what was said about him and drawn about him, but on the other hand, Lincoln had the great strength of character never to display it, always able to stand tall and strong and firm no matter how harsh or unfair the criticism might be. These elements of greatness, of course, inspire us all today.

The press is the enemy.

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

Government can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it.

The Jews are just a very aggressive and abrasive and obnoxious personality.