The gusto of one, the indignation of the other; the challenge of the one party, the response of the other; the eloquence and the comedy, the passion and the issues were ours-no other country can provide them.

You can't get unless you give. And you have to give without wanting to get.

It is almost nicer being a godfather than a father, like having white mice but making your nanny feed them for you.

The American dream is not over. America is an adventure.

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.

Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them - this is of the essence of leadership.

America is a nation created by all the hopeful wanderers of Europe, not out of geography and genetics, but out of purpose.