"I am not a magician. I am a human being. I have my weaknesses, I have my faults. But I am trying to do the best I can for the American people."

"We are going to make a country in which no one is left out."

"I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running in the streets. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. …"

"The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as to arrive at the best possible solutions for the problems that confront us."

"We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future."