"The Bush-Cheney administration had betrayed some basic American values. So there was hunger for change."

"I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever."

"A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government."

"I do genuinely believe that the political system is not linear. When it reaches a tipping point fashioned by a critical mass of opinion, the slow pace of change we're used to will no longer be the norm. I see a lot of signs every day that we're moving closer and closer to that tipping point."

"Insanity is the exception in individuals. In groups, parties, peoples, and times it is the rule."

"There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power."

"When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses."

"It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree."