The White House is the leakiest place I've ever been in. (On special measures to ensure secrecy of plans to bomb Libya)

If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.

There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family. Here the seeds of personal character are planted, the roots of public virtue first nourished. Through love and instruction, discipline, guidance and example, we learn from our mothers and fathers the values that will shape our private lives and our public citizenship.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

I'm beginning to wonder if the symbol of the United States pretty soon isn't going to be an ambassador with a flag under his arm climbing into an escape helicopter.

A nation's greatness is measured not just by its gross national product or military power, but by the strength of its devotion to the principles and values that bind its people and define their character.

Some years ago, the federal government declared war on poverty, and poverty won.