"The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch."

"I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging."

"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended."

"Look, when you're the president, there's all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it's just the nature of the job."

"Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell."

"Do not wait for favorable winds; take the oars and row toward your horizon. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will."

"President Obama is doing the right thing by offering young immigrants, most often in this country through no action of their own, a chance to live and work openly, free from the fear of deportation."