I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. 

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

By common endeavour we can raise the country to a new greatness, while a lack of unity will expose us to fresh calamities.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

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.

Throughout my career, I learned plenty about war on the battlefield, but I learned even more about the importance of finding peace. And that is what the State Department and U.S.A.I.D. do: prevent the wars that we can avoid so that we fight only the ones we must.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.

 When I am overcome by an inflated ego, I think of the lofty mountains.

It is the duty of every thoughtful Indian not to marry. In case he is helpless in regard to marriage, he should abstain from sexual intercourse with his wife.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.