Behind every great man there stands a great woman. Behind every great woman is a great behind.

Citizen service is the very American idea that we meet our challenges not as isolated individuals but as members of a true community, with all of us working together. Our mission is nothing less than to spark a renewed sense of obligation, a new sense of duty, a new season of service.

The purpose of government is to rein in the rights of the people.

The American people have now spoken, but it's going to take a little while to determine what they've said.

I pledge that I have no intention of raising taxes in my second term.

No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit.

Politics is for people who are too ugly to get into showbusiness.