I will tell you this: I will not raise taxes on the middle-class to pay for these programs.

Indeed, I did have a relationship with Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong.

Even as people take pride in their national independence, we know we are becoming more and more interdependent.

If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the government's ability to govern the people, we should look to limit those guarantees.

You know, by the time you become the leader of a country, someone else makes all the decisions. ... You may find you can get away with virtual presidents, virtual prime ministers, virtual everything.

Our generation, like the one before us, must choose. Without the threat of the Cold War, without the pain of economic ruin, without the fresh memory of World War II's slaughter, it is tempting to pursue our private agendas -- to simply sit back and let history unfold. We must resist the temptation.

I like the job. That's what I'll miss the most... I'm not sure anybody ever liked this as much as I've liked it.