Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We - the American people - we are the solution.

Part of our essential humanity is paying respect to what God gave us and what will be here a long time after we're gone.

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.

There's nothing wrong with making mistakes. Just don't respond with encores.

This remains a very important opportunity for the American people to have their day in court against big tobacco and its marketing practices. I urge Congress to provide the funding to allow the lawsuit to move forward, and not to shield the tobacco industry from the consequences of its actions.

Elvis Presley was the first and the best. He is my favorite of all time.

Think of the great spirits of the last 50 years: Ghandi killed, not by a Pakistani Muslim, but one of his own Hindus, who hated him because he wanted India for the Muslims, the Sikhs, for everybody; Sadat, killed by the organization that Mr. bin Laden's No. 2 heads now, not by an Israeli, but by an Egyptian. My friend Yitzhak Rabin -- after a lifetime defending Israel, killed -- not by a Palestinian terrorist, but an angry Israeli because he wanted to lay down arms and take up peace... Fanatics are defined by their hatreds; free people by their humanity.