Yes, we've still got more work to do. More work to do for every American still in need of a good job or a raise, paid leave or a decent retirement; for every child who needs a sturdier ladder out of poverty or a world-class education; for everyone who has not yet felt the progress of these past seven and a half years.

The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption for the black people of the world.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

I think government can't do much.

The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you must respect women: every woman.

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prisms, are all very good words for the lips.

There is some solution to every problem. No lock was ever made without keys.

Books are indispensable. You can move from hard copies to soft copies. But that’s about it.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.