Lyndon Johnson rose above the doubt and fear to hold this Nation on course until we rediscovered our faith in ourselves.

The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press.

We must maintain the integrity of the White House, and that integrity must be real, not transparent. There can be no whitewash at the White House.

Let me just say this, and I want to say this to the televison audience: I made my mistakes, but in all of my years of public life, I have never profited, never profited from public service

You know very well that whether you are on page one or page thirty depends on whether they fear you. It's as simple as that.

Our youth can not understand why society chooses to criminalize a behavior with so little visible ill effect or adverse social impact... These young people have jumped the fence and found no cliff. And the disrespect for the possession laws fosters a disrespect for laws and the system in general... On top of this is the distinct impression among the youth that some police may use the marihuana laws to arrest people they don't like for other reasons, whether it be their politics, their hair style or their ethnic background.

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise.