"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."

"Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction."

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

"The only thing worse than an American who doesn't vote is one who doesn't know where to vote."

"There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction."