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.

Shakespeare wrote, Einstein thought, Ataturk built.

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

The United States should.... avoid unilateral export controls and controls on technology widely available in world markets. Unilateral controls penalize U.S. exporters without advancing U.S. national security or foreign policy interests.

Our new immigrants must be part of our one America. After all, they're revitalizing our cities, they're energizing our culture, they're building up our economy. We have a responsibility to make them welcome here, and they have a responsibility to enter the mainstream of American life. That means learning English and learning about our democratic system of government. There are now long waiting lines of immigrants that are trying to do just that. Therefore, our budget significantly expands our efforts to help them meet their responsibility. I hope you will support it.

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

The established order has too many self-protecting economic entities, and not enough people who yet understand what it takes to change.