“The most powerful people on earth are focus groups.”

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.

Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that.

Sarah, there’s a government inside the government, and I don’t control it.

Character doesn’t matter.

Character is a journey, not a destination.

When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.

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

When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web… Now even my cat has its own page.

Promising too much can be as cruel as caring too little.

We must say no to illegal immigration so we can continue to say yes to legal immigration.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

Even though human life may be the most precious thing on earth, we always behave as if there were something of higher value than human life.

We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible.

What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?

Each one of us has infinite value for God: we may be small under heaven and powerless when the earth trembles, but for God we are more precious than anything.

For one wild, glad moment we snapped the chain that binds us to earth, and joining hands with the winds we felt ourselves divine.

Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth.

Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.