“Great rewards will come to those who can live together, learn together, work together, forge new ties that bind together.”

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

Everybody counts, everybody deserves a chance, everybody has a responsible role to play and we all do better when we work together.

Let’s create an integrated global community where we have shared benefits and responsibilities, and we don’t fight because of our differences.

We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs.

Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back.

If you want to have a good life you have to have some constructive outlet for your feelings.

I misled people, including even my wife.

Globalisation is not something that we can hold off or turn off. It is the economic equivalent of a force of nature, like wind or water.

Any president that lies to the American people should have to resign.

The Constitution is a radical document, it is the job of the government to rein in people’s rights.

I am trying to be honest with you and it hurts me. Now.

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

Politics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology.

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

You can’t say you love your country and hate your government.

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.