True Excellence requires a worthy dream, a good Idea of how to realize it and the courage to risk failure to achieve it.

Today’s generation of young people holds more power than any generation before it to make a positive impact on the world.

The great thing about not being president anymore is I can say whatever I want, about anything. Of course [now], nobody really cares what I say. And now I have the worst of all worlds -- my wife has become the secretary of state, so no one really cares what I say -- unless I mess up.

If a President of the United States ever lied to the American people, he should resign.

You cannot have an integrated world and have your say all the time. America can lead the world towards that, but we cannot dominate and run the world in that direction. There is a big difference.

When I was a younger man and had a life, I owned an El Camino pickup in the '70s. It was a real sort of Southern deal. I had Astroturf in the back.

I haven't eaten at a McDonald's since I became President.