"Only in Washington would death be considered a taxable event."

"Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today."

"America's doctors, nurses and medical researchers are the best in the world, but our health care system is broken."

"The pace of technological change in recent years has been both impressive and positive for consumers."

"Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success."

"If I had no family, my wife and I would lead a much more romantic and nomadic existence."

"People look for their leadership to lead."

"I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind. Apart from the beauty of looks and figure, which I cannot claim to have, there's just a particular kind of ordinary-Joe quality that a film star needs to have."