"I know there are some in this country who fear that in order to protect our freedom, we must restrict it. This is not the American way."

"We are moving into a period where there is a good deal of cynicism about politics and public service."

"I’m not trying to run a popularity contest. I’m trying to run a country."

"I am not the leader of the Democratic Party. I am the President of the United States. And that's what I'm going to be."

"The artist, however faithful to his personal vision of reality, becomes in the end the spokesman of the entire community."