If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.
I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody.
Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.
It ought to be remembered by all [that] the Games more than 2,000 years ago started as a means of bringing peace between the Greek city-states. And in those days, even if a war was going on, they called off the war in order to hold the Games. I wish we were still as civilized.
Through you, we feel as giants, once again.
All great change in America begins at the dinner table.