"America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world."

"I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around."

"I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli."

"It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another."

"We are not the sum of our possessions."

"Read my lips: no new taxes."

"What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?"

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."

"But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues."

"I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most."

"I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat."

"You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff."

"I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it."

"We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky."

"Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you're burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering."

"I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it."

"We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America."

"I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war."

"It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it."

"Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower."