I am such a political person.

I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.

Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed.

I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.

I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me.

I hope I'm wrong, but I am afraid that Iraq is going to turn out to be the greatest disaster in American foreign policy - worse than Vietnam, not in the number who died, but in terms of its unintended consequences and its reverberation throughout the region.

I can't go out with a Republican.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president.

The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.

I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display.

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.

There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.

A man without a vote is man without protection.

It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good.

Every President wants to do right.

You've got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you've got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote.

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

It is important that the United States remain a two-party system. I'm a fellow who likes small parties and the Republican Party can't be too small to suit me.

When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.

I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women.

I'm the only president you've got.