You know when civilization began? With the invention of the mirror.

I am a president who also gives pardons. Usually my considerations are humane.

Democracy wants to win by reason, not by arms or by any other material damage, because, look, I don't have to remind you that I am totally for peace. It is my greatest dream. It was and will remain so.

In many ways, the media today makes dictatorship impossible. But it also makes democracy intolerable.

I read when I get up in the morning, when I can during the day and every single evening. Most of my weekends are spent reading great books. Books are my constant companions. If you eat three times a day you'll be fed. But if you read three times a day you'll be wise.

Polls are like perfume-nice to smell, dangerous to swallow.

From my earliest youth, I have known that while one is obliged to plan with care the stages of one's journey, one is entitled to dream, and keep dreaming, of its destination.