Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.

We in government should learn to look at our country with the eyes of the entrepreneur, seeing possibilities where others see only problems

What would this country be without this great land of ours.

The . . . inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Poland is at the center of European civilization. It has contributed mightily to that civilization. It is doing so today by being magnificently unreconciled to oppression. Poland's struggle to be Poland and to secure the basic rights we often take for granted, demonstrates why we dare not take those rights for granted.

I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.

Since I came to the White House, I got two hearing aids, a colon operation, skin cancer, a prostate operation, and I was shot. The damn thing is, I've never felt better in my life.