That's the nice thing about this job. You get to quote yourself shamelessly. If you don't, Larry Speakes will.

Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act.

I'll be like Scarlett O'Hara-I'll think about it tomorrow.

Directly down the lawn and accross the Ellipse from the White House are those ordered, classic lines of the Jefferson Memorial and the eyes of the 19-foot statue that gaze directly into the White House, a reminder to any of us who might occupy that mansion of the quality of mind and generosity of heart that once abided there and has been so rarely seen there again.

Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.

Wearing love beads and touting our sincerity will not make this a safer world.

When government gets too big, freedom is lost. Government is supposed to be the servant. But when a government can tax the people with no limit or restraint on what the government can take, then the government has become the master.