"As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act."

"I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear."

"If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them."

"Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact."

"It is a unyielding truth that beauty in art is the harmony of spirit, intellect, and craft — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any."

"Of course it's true: the public want to see young people - young people are the people who go to the cinema. It's a sad fact of life, but you've got to accept it and not whine about it."

"If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all."