"My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial, beautifully worked out, and everybody agrees, something is wrong."

"When power leads man to arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corru…"

"When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were."

"I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it's because in addition to the fact that the sea changes and the light changes, and ships change, it's because…"

"I am not the first President to be shot at. I don't intend to be the last."