"I am not the leader of the Democratic Party. I am the President of the United States. And that's what I'm going to be."

"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity."

"Every man has a right to decide his own destiny. The only thing that I don't like is when they decide it for someone else."

"The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity."

"I am not a Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic."