Posterity is the world to come; the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand responsibility from all.

When you're president, you have more power to help more people, but you also are the prisoner of circumstances as well, and countervailing political forces more.

I'm sorry, could you please tell me what the definition of the word "is" is?

I would never approach a small-breasted woman.

I think we need to push harder, we the Democrats, because it's an open door for the Republicans - prosperity centers.

The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change.

I don't know in my long life that I ever worked with anybody that has quite the combination of policy knowledge and concern, political skills, of a personal touch with people, and a sense of innate fairness that inspires confidence.