"But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success."

"America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn't matter what color you are."

"The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education."

"And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business."

"Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult."

"The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities."

"In the re-creation of combat situations, and this is coming from a director who's never been in one, being mindful of what these veterans have actually gone through, you find that the biggest concern is that you don't look at war as a geopolitical endeavor."

"In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times."