“Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.”
“We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.”
“Promising too much can be as cruel as caring too little.”
“If you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you’ll be a better person. It’s how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.”
“When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good, but what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.”
“Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It’s fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people.”
“Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.”
“You don’t have to wait till your party’s in power to have an impact on life at home and around the world.”
“Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world. And the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy.”
“When we give what we can and give it with joy, we don’t just renew the American tradition of giving, we also renew ourselves.”
“When you stifle human potential, when you don’t invest in new ideas, it doesn’t just cut off the people who are affected. It hurts us all.”
“Democracy does not have to be a blood sport, it can be an honorable enterprise that advances the public interest.”