President

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

The press is the enemy.

I've never canceled a subscription to a newspaper because of bad cartoons or editorials. If that were the case, I wouldn't have any newspapers or magazines to read.

Government can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it.

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.

The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties to take a stand against overgrown Government and for the American taxpayer.

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise.

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady.