I think that most small amounts of marijuana have been decriminalized in some places, and should be. We really need a re-examination of our entire policy on imprisonment...Our imprisonment policies are counterproductive.

Follow the trend lines, not the headlines.

You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle.

When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web... Now even my cat has its own page.

When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old.

African Americans watch the same news at night that ordinary Americans do.

I have never believed we had to choose between either a clean and safe environment or a growing economy. Protecting the health and safety of all Americans doesn't have to come at the expense of our economy's bottom line. And creating thriving companies and new jobs doesn't have to come at the expense of the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, or the natural landscape in which we live. We can, and indeed must, have both.