There are simple answers to the nation's problems, but not easy ones.

When you start talking about government as 'we' instead of 'they,' you have been in office too long.

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

My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.

I received a letter just before I left office from a man. I don't know why he chose to write it, but I'm glad he did. He wrote that you can go to live in France, but you can't become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Italy, but you can't become a German, an Italian. He went through Turkey, Greece, Japan and other countries. But he said anyone, from any corner of the world, can come to live in the United States and become an American.

America's view of apartheid is simple and straightforward: We believe it is wrong. We condemn it. And we are united in hoping for the day when apartheid will be no more.