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I've had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

America's leadership is essential. America's resources are vast. America's opportunities are unprecedented.

We came from many roots, and we have many branches.

I strongly support the feeding of children.

To me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done.

He was one of the few political leaders I have ever met whose public speeches revealed more than his private conversations. [On Ronald Reagan]

My goal is for a cooperative world at peace, using its resources to build, not to destroy.

I remain convinced that pardoning Nixon was the right thing to do.

America needed recovery, not revenge. The hate had to be drained and the healing begun.

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

We ... declared our independence 200 years ago, and we are not about to lose it now to paper shufflers and computers.

In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.

Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'

There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome, than that of being a mother.

Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion - or you shall learn nothing.

An American tragedy in which we all have played a part.

I watch a lot of baseball on the radio.

The Federal role in overcoming barriers to needed health care should emphasize health care financing programs-such as Medicare and Medicaid.

I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right.

It's more like it is now than it ever has been.

I just don't think we should go hellfire damnation around the globe freeing people, unless it is directly related to our own national security.

I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.

Personal excellence can be achieved by a visionary goal, through planning, dedicated execution, and total follow-through.

One of the enduring truths of the nation's capital is that bureaucrats survive.

Mr. President, putting it bluntly, wouldn't we just be continuing a bloodbath that already exists in Cambodia if we voted the 222 million in aid?

Teddy Roosevelt ... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.

Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.

I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon.

My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our constitution works.

Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men.

I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself.

Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

I don't know what the future may hold for me-or for any of us. But I want you to know that I am a man who likes having critics who are not enemies.

I couldn't wait to start the day.

The harder you work, the luckier you are, and I worked like hell.

I had a life-long ambition to be a professional baseball player, but nobody would sign me.

If Lincoln were alive today he'd be turning over in his grave.

Frankly, I've never felt voting to be all that essential to the process.

Richard Nixon was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial - for Gillette.

Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.

My golf must be improving, I'm not hitting as many spectators.

There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck.

I think they ought to be treated equally. Period.

I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers.

I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.

For millions of men and women, the church has been the hospital for the soul, the school for the mind and the safe depository for moral ideas.

Truth is the glue that holds government together.

The Constitution is the bedrock of all our freedoms; guard and cherish it; keep honor and order in your own house; and the republic will endure.

Ronald Regan doesn't dye his hair - he's just prematurely orange.

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.

It's discouraging how hard it is for a President to slice away large chunks of a $305 billion budget.

All of us who served in one war or another know very well that all wars are the glory and the agony of the young.

Ronald Reagan was an excellent leader of our nation during challenging times at home and abroad.

This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.

The length of one's days matters less than the love of one's family and friends.

An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.

The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

We are bound together by the most powerful of all ties, our fervent love for freedom and independence, which knows no homeland but the human heart.

In baseball when they say you're out, you're out. It's the same way in politics.

A great nation cannot abandon its responsibilities. Responsibilities abandoned today return as more acute crises tomorrow.

Things are more like today than they have ever been before.

I was dumbfounded by the stupidity of the Watergate break-in.

Things are the way they are now, more than they ever have been before.

I am the first to admit that I am no great orator or no person that got where I have gotten by any William Jennings Bryan technique.

Let us remember that our national unity is a most priceless asset.

The spirit of seeking understanding through personal contact with people of other nations and other cultures deserves the respect and support of all.

I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember.

I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an elk and a moose.

The old question still remains: Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?

The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.

Real assistance is to help people to help themselves. We can't do everything for everybody, but there is room for all who try to make it.

I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone.

It feels like getting a back massage from the Grim Reaper: one must get comfortable with the most horrifying things in the world.

I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.