"People of Berlin - people of the world - this is our moment. This is our time."

"The echoes of eternity remind us that the pursuit of truth is a lifelong endeavor."

"To love truly means recognizing that joy is found not in possessing, but in appreciating."

"I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator."

"Massachusetts children cannot only lead the nation in test scores, they can be competitive with the best in the world. And the gap in achievement among races can virtually disappear."

"But those who believe that what our people desire is big government are living in a state of delusion."

"We didn't become the most prosperous country in the world just by rewarding greed and recklessness. We didn't come this far by letting the special interests run wild. We didn't do it just by gambling and chasing paper profits on Wall Street. We built this country by making things, by producing goods we could sell."

"Law is always better than war."