My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them. 

As president, I'm committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here.

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.

Wisdom is the landing pad of experience.

Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.

You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.