"We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by ..." — Richard M. Nixon

Government can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it.

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I'm not like that I never shoot blanks.

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady.

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise.