While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.
Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.
My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.
I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of winning political debates. But I don't have that experience. My only experience is at losing them.
Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.
I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone's tape recording what you say.
I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.
A president can ask for reconciliation in the racial conflict that divides Americans. But reconciliation comes only from the hearts of people.