You must never give up. You must remember that you have to take risks in order to achieve anything and sometimes you will suffer defeat. But the mark of any individual is to recover from defeat and disappointment and go on and give it his best shot.

We have been through, over these years, some difficult times. During the period that I have served as President of the United States, we have been through some difficult times together, and I can only say that the friendship that we have for this nation, the respect and the admiration we have for the people of this nation, their courage, their tenacity, their firmness in the face of very great odds, is one that makes us proud to stand with Israel, as we have in the past in times of trouble, and now to work with Israel in a better time, a time that we trust will be a time of peace.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

The successful leader does not talk down to people. He lifts them up.

I'll speak for the man, or against him, whichever will do him the most good.

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

The true idealist pursues what his heart says is right in a way that his head says will work.