"For all my years in public life, I have believed that America must sail toward the shores of liberty and justice for all. There is no end to that journey, only the next great voyage. We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make."

"There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud."

"Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things."

"Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is."

"Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future."

"Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today."

"'Encores!' is, to me, a wonderful, warm, welcoming place, and I hope it always will be."

"I love the Restoration. It's a bit like coming out of the John Major era into the optimism of Tony Blair."