It's hard, when you're up to your armpits in alligators, to remember you came here to drain the swamp.

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

Freedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things.

Freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available and assured here than in any other place on earth. The price for this freedom at times has been high, but we have never been unwilling to pay the price.

Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace.

If we listen to our hearts, believe in ourselves, and pull together, nothing can stand in our way.

For the eight years I was president I never let my dream of a nuclear-free world fade from my mind.