[Alternative energy] will make us less dependent on foreign oil. It would make us more secure in our future. It would mean that our foreign policy could be a reflection of our values and our other interests, and not just that.

The problem with any ideology is that it gives you the answer before you examine the evidence.

I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time - never. These allegations are false.

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.

President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. Listen to me, now. No president - no president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years.

If you want to be forgiven, you have to extend forgiveness, even to people who aren't smart enough to ask for it.

Being President is a little like being the grounds-keeper at a cemetery: there's plenty of people below you but no one's listening.