Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.
Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.
You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do...
I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.
Money can't buy happiness but it will certainly get you a better class of memories.
Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.
I discovered that night (in his college's student politics) that an audience has a feel to it, and, in the parlance of the theater, that audience and I were together.
Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.
I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.
Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.
Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace.
I was not a great communicator, but I communicated great things.
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.
There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.
Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver 5 minutes longer.
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem. It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so.
No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today have led me to change those plans. Today is a day for mourning and rememb...