"I love New York."
"Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right."
"In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change."
"My two secrets to staying healthy: wash your hands all the time. And, if you can't, use Purell or one of the sanitizers. And the other is hot peppers. I eat a lot of hot peppers. I for some reason started doing that in 1992, and I swear by it."
"You know, everybody has setbacks in their life, and everybody falls short of whatever goals they might set for themselves. That's part of living and coming to terms with who you are as a person."
"I'm undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair."
"The challenges of change are always hard. It is important that we begin to unpack those challenges that confront this nation and realize that we each have a role that requires us to change and become more responsible for shaping our own future."
"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president."
"You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends."
"The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible."
"In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart."
"Today we voted as Democrats and Republicans. Tomorrow we begin again as New Yorkers."
"The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not."
"The candidates we have in this campaign are... the most accomplished, in terms of public service, that we've had since 1960. One of them will be successful."
"One day after laying a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career around dismantling Dr. King's legacy."
"If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle."
"What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities."
"Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process."
"No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote."
"In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our intelligence system is not working the way that it should."
"The American taxpayer should not be treated more shabbily than debtors from other nations and we should be encouraging other nations to help rebuild Iraq's economy."
"Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
"I believe in a zone of privacy."
"Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are going to pay a price."
"For centuries, New York has served as the gateway for millions of people from all over the world in search of the American dream. It only makes sense that it would now serve as a gateway for the world's greatest athletes."
