It's a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can't stop playing the game the way you've always played it.

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.

The answer to many of the domestic problems we face is not higher taxes and more spending. It is less waste, more results and greater freedom for the individual American to earn a rightful place in his own community - and for States and localities to address their own needs in their own ways, in the light of their own priorities.

The answer to many of the domestic problems we face is not higher taxes and more spending. It is less waste, more results and greater freedom for the individual American to earn a rightful place in his own community - and for States and localities to address their own needs in their own ways, in the light of their own priorities.

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance.

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished.

If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.

Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.

Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady.