May each of you have the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, and the hand to execute works that will leave the world a little better for your having been here.

America's best days are yet to come.

You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly. So you learn. You put things in perspective. You pull your energies together. You change. You go forward. My fellow Americans, I have a great deal that I want to accomplish with you and for you over the next two years. And, the Lord willing, that's exactly what I intend to do.

If history teaches anything, it teaches self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.

Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look.

We must be cautious in claiming God is on our side. I think the real question we must answer is, are we on His side?

The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose.