"I have a dream today!"
"I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope ...
"The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is i...
"With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail...
"Thank you very kindly, my friends. As I listened to Ralph Abernathy and his eloquent and generous introduction and then thought about myself, I wondered who he was talking about. It's always good to have your closest friend and associate to say something good about you. And Ralph Abernathy is the best friend that I...
"And also in the human rights revolution, if something isn't done, and done in a hurry, to bring the colored peoples of the world out of their long years of poverty, their long years of hurt and neglect, the whole world is doomed. Now, I'm just happy that God has allowed me to live in this period to see what is unfo...
"And we just went on before the dogs and we would look at them; and we'd go on before the water hoses and we would look at it, and we'd just go on singing 'Over my head I see freedom in the air.' And then we would be thrown in the paddy wagons, and sometimes we were stacked in there like sardines in a can. And they ...
"Never stop and forget that collectively -- that means all of us together -- collectively we are richer than all the nations in the world, with the exception of nine. Did you ever think about that? After you leave the United States, Soviet Russia, Great Britain, West Germany, France, and I could name the others, the...
"One day a man came to Jesus, and he wanted to raise some questions about some vital matters of life. At points he wanted to trick Jesus, and show him that he knew a little more than Jesus knew and throw him off base....Now that question could have easily ended up in a philosophical and theological debate. But Jesus...
"Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation. And I want to thank God, once more, for allowing me to be here w...
"And I want to say tonight -- I want to say tonight that I too am happy that I didn't sneeze. Because if I had sneezed, I wouldn't have been around here in 1960, when students all over the South started sitting-in at lunch counters. And I knew that as they were sitting in, they were really standing up for the best i...
"I am proud to come to this city as the guest of your distinguished Mayor, who has symbolized throughout the world the fighting spirit of West Berlin. And I am proud -- And I am proud to visit the Federal Republic with your distinguished Chancellor who for so many years has committed Germany to democracy and freedom...
"We're working on some things I can't talk about."
"And we're introducing a product today that takes us exactly there. And that product is called iPod. iMac, iBook, iPod."
"The war is a total disaster. It's a catastrophy, nothing less."
"Everything in Washington has been a lie. Weapons of mass destruction was a total lie."
"Is America really in more danger now than when we faced world wide facism on the margin, when the last generation had to fight and win two World Wars simultaneously. It is simply an insult to those who came before us and sacrifised so much on our behalf to imply that we have more to be fearful of than they did."
"I am the Edison phonograph, created by the great wizard of the New World to delight those who would have melody or be amused. I can sing you tender songs of love. I can give you merry tales and joyous laughter. I can transport you to the realms of music. I can cause you to join in the rhythmic dance. I can lull the...
"I made a lot of money. I made $250,000 from a book and the serial rights which many of you were good enough to purchase, also. In the practice of law--and I am not claiming I was worth it, but apparently former Vice Presidents or Presidents are worth a great deal to law firms--and I did work pretty hard. But also i...
"I do not believe that I should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes or to any duties other than the awesome duties of this office -- the Presidency of your country. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President."
"One thing you know about me is I am a fighter and I will get up every single day and fight for the American people, for your jobs, your future, your healthcare, your affordable college. Give me a chance to serve you as your president starting next January 20th, 2009. Thank you and God bless you and God bless Amer...
"And I know that my opponent has run ads claiming that he does not take money from oil companies. Well, no one does. It's illegal. It's been illegal for a hundred years to take money from oil companies."
"So, I think it's important for you to know the facts."
"So if as protected a million people lose their homes this year--just do the math--that'll be 50% more negative than the positive impact of these little stimulus checks you're all going to get now that you paid you income tax."
"I never ever thought the United States of America could get in as much trouble as we have over the last 7 or 8 years. I just didn't think it was possible and it's going to take somebody very special, somebody smart, somebody who understands it, somebody who has the experience to get in there and turn it around imm...
"The issues in Pennsylvania are not the same as the issues in North Carolina. The issues in North Carolina are not the same as the issues in Indiana. Now certainly there are common issues that cut across our country. Jobs, jobs, jobs. Good jobs with good benefits that people can support a family on. That's an i...
"I'm very proud that as of today I have received more votes by the people who have voted than anybody else."
"If it were so easy that all you did was show up in Washington and say, let's change, I think Even and I would have figured that out a while ago."
"Well, I've always believed that if you're tough you don't have to talk about it and I've got a 20 year track record of fighting on the behalf of working families."
"The insensitivity and the outrageousness of his statements and his performance in the question-and-answer period yesterday I think shocked me. Surprised me. As I said before, this is an individual who has built a very fine church -- a church that is well respected throughout Chicago. During the course of me atte...
"I did not vet my pastor before I decided to run for the presidency. I was a member of the church. So, you know I think what it says is that I have not? you know I did not run through, run my pastor through the paces or view every one of the sermons he had made over the last three... thirty years. But, I don't t...
"You know, I tried to talk to him before the speech in Philadelphia. Wasn't able to reach him because he was on a? he was on a cruise. He had just stepped down from the pulpit. When he got back I did speak to him. And, I'd prefer not to share sort of private conversations between me and him. I will talk to him ...
"But he was somebody who was my pastor, married Michelle and I, baptized my children, and prayed with us at? when we announced this race and so I'm disappointed."
"Yesterday we saw a very different vision of America. I am outraged by the comments that were made and saddened over the spectacle that we saw yesterday."
"If Reverend Wright thinks that that's political posturing as he put it, then he doesn't know me very well. And based on his remarks yesterday, well, I may not know him as well as I thought either."
"John McCain and I have real differences, but I always make a point of saying I respect him as a person. I respect his service to our country. I think he is a good person. I don't? you know? So we can have arguments and disagreements without running the other person down."
"I'll fight for healthcare. I'll fight for a good education system. I'll fight to make sure that people have good jobs and good wages. I'll fight to the death to make sure America is safe. Those things I'll fight for. That's what I'll fight about."
"I'm not a spiritual mentor."
"I believe it incumbent upon the next President of the United States to get this country moving again."
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
"Forty summers have passed since the battle that you fought here. You were young the day you took these cliffs; some of you were hardly more than boys, with the deepest joys of life before you. Yet you risked everything here. Why? Why did you do it? What impelled you to put aside the instinct for self-preservation a...
"Here, in this place where the West held together, let us make a vow to our dead. Let us show them by our actions that we understand what they died for. Let our actions say to them the words for which Matthew Ridgway listened: 'I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.'"
"I normally don't do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them. So you shouldn't talk anymore. Unless you want to, you know."
"You know I'm many things. Yeah I'm a convicted rapist, I'm a hell raiser, I'm a father, a loving father, I'm a semi-good husband. You know what I mean?"
"Well this isn't exactly the party I'd planned, but I sure like the company."
"Just think how much more progress we could have made over the past 40 years if we'd had a democratic president."
"I ran as a mother who worries about my daughter's future and a mother who wants to leave all children brighter tomorrows. To build that future I see we must make sure that women and men alike understand the struggles of their grandmothers and their mothers and that women enjoy equal oppurtunities, equal pay, and eq...
"For the past seven years so many people in this country have felt invisible, like your president didn't even really see you."
"None of you is invisble to me, you never have been. I see you and I know how hard working you are."
"I chose to run for the president at this moment in history because I believe deeply that we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together - unless we perfect our union by understanding that we may have different stories, but we hold common hopes; that we may not look the same and we may not ...
"I know how hard it is. It comes with little sleep, little pay, and a lot of sacrifice. There are days of disappointment, but sometimes, just sometimes, there are nights like this."
"This was the moment when the improbable beat what Washington always said was inevitable."
"Tonight, I can stand here and say that I will be the democratic nominee for the President of the United States of America."
"I normally don't do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them. So you shouldn't talk anymore. Unless you want to... you know."
"I normally don't do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them."
"It's man to man, you can't all time out, send in a substitute. If you run out of petro you know what I mean there ain't no gas station in sight, you know what I mean, you have to deal with what is real."
"We want you there because our new policy is inclusiveness not exclusiveness."
"I love George Walker Bush because I think he's a revolutionary. He's a president that comes in with inclusiveness."
"But I'd die for America you know what I mean. We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal."
"If we don't stand together, the broken system we have now, the system where special interests drown out the voices of the American people, will continue to erode our politics and prevent the possibility of real change."
"This campaign is in your hands in a way no campaign has ever been before."
"I love you back!"
"When we have faced down impossible odds - we've been told we're not ready, or that we shouldn't try, or that we can't, generations of Americans have responded with a simple creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes we can, yes we can, yes we can."
"It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land. Yes we can to justice and equality."
"It's man to man, you can't all time out, send in a substitute. If you run out of petro you know what I mean there ain't no gas station in sight, you know what I mean, you have to deal with what is real."
"We want you there because our new policy is inclusiveness not exclusiveness."
"I love George Walker Bush because I think he's a revolutionary. He's a president that comes in with inclusiveness."
"But I'd die for America you know what I mean. We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal."
"I'm White! I'm Entitled! There's a black man stealin' my show!"
"I am deeply sorry and I pray that my apology will be accepted even by those who have told me that they won't accept it."
"She's the best I've ever seen, and I hope South Dakota will say yes to her tomorrow."
"I love the market."
"I believe in free trade."
"I've run into people, not that long ago, that own trucks."
"I had to sit around for a fucking year with an 8 and 10 record in this fucking league!"
"You are a tough son of a bitch, I should take you home with me."
"It's my opinion - the opinion of almost everybody in the world - that the play was a fumble, it should have been called a fumble."
"I kind of knew that Cleveland was going to get the #1 pick so, I think they rigged it - don't quote me on that though."
"I will pay the way to Washington DC of any official if they want to sit down and watch a game with me."
"Mike's a guy that I supported a lot, he's had some field goals that he's missed - the game winner against Miami and I was there to put my arm around him; you know, I try to be there for him."
"I'm about to go in and throw a touchdown to Jerry Rice, we're honoring the Hall of Fame, and we're talking about our idiot kicker who got liquored up and ran his mouth off."
"In my opinion, that sucked."
"And, I might have been given a bad break, but I have an awful lot to live for."
Shaquille: "Try to take over the fucking game." Interviewer: "Shaq we're on live." Shaquille: "I don't give a fuck."
"Um, I'm not going to admit to something that didn't happen."
"And I hope someday you have a child and somebody downgrades them and belittles them and you have to look them in the eye and say, 'You know what? It?s OK. They're supposed to be mature adults but they?re really not.'"
"Come after me! I?m a man! I?m 40! I?m not a kid!"
"We offered him a 2 year deal back in July which he turned down so I could care less. I hope he has a good TV in Finland."
"It's not a hockey team, it's a cult. They've got total buy in on their system."
"I only know one way, which is to fight back. I'm Irish. But B, it's the right thing anyway. People should know that what they read and hear about our team is accurate and fair. And when it's not, they're gonna hear about it from me."
"It is time to rebuild our military. It is time to treat our veterans with the dignity and respect they deserve. It's time to refocus our attention on the war we have to win in Afghanistan. It is time to go after the Al Qaeda leadership where it actually exists. It is time to bring this war in Iraq to a close, a...
"We can raise the minimum wage, index it to inflation, and ensure that in America, hard work pays off!"
"I do a lot of international charitable work and I would continue to do that and some more of that, and education being my other issue. I would like to take an active role in just being an advocate. And I do not ever envision myself as being, you know, involved in the McCain administration as it's been put at all. B...
"I'm proud of my country. I don't know about you, if you heard those words earlier. I'm very proud of my country."
"It was nothing more than me just saying, Look, I believe in this country so strongly."
"Just let me tell you, of course I'm proud of my country. Nowhere but in America could my story be possible."
"I am a girl that grew up on the South Side of Chicago. My father was a working class guy."
"I support whatever the Dalai Lama wants to do in regard to the Olympics."
"I must say I really didn't think so I didn't really think I mean you never think you will wake-up and my god this is going to be over."
"Try and inject some fun into it you know."
"Keep one foot on the ground you know it's easy to sort of say I'm a big star and I want everything."
"If we weren't interested then I wouldn't do it, because the moment I'm not interested in it I wouldn't do it. If I lose that interest I would go into something else because I feel like I could do it."
"Nobody's given it to me dear, I've earned it!"
"No actually I really don't care."
"It's up to you in the end."
"I'll be waiting for you ."
"I heard Mr. Walton's comment and I think Mr. Walton has broken the big man pecking order code, Ordinance 2257."
"One thing I hate is a hypocrite, so if I'm faking an injury, his whole injury played career is a fake."
"One thing I hate is a hypocrite, so if I'm faking an injury, his whole injury played career is a fake. He's a guy who only played one or two seasons in jury free."
"You played with me, so if Bill was playing right now, you remember what happened to Greg? Remember that right? You was there right? Ok, so, enough said. That's the type of guy that I am."
"I earn my respect."
"One thing I hate is a hypocrite."
"There is no question that the faculty, the alumni, the students and the benefactors of Harvard have used their power to improve the lives of people here and around the world."
"Elegant women are very rare. I'm Greek and I'm very particular about what I like."
"It is now 4:30 on Wednesday, now I'll assume, I'll assume that you've already left work. Because you know, some people leave early and I'll grant you that."
"I'm very intelligent."
"I'm great in bed, I make great money. Believe it or not, I'm a complete catch."
"But if you're psychologically normal, and you haven't called me because there's been some horrible thing that's happened in your life which prevented you, that's fine."
"But if you're psychologically normal, and you haven't called me because there's been some horrible thing that's happened in your life which prevented you, that's fine. But otherwise don't call me, okay? Bye."
"This morning, I sent Senator Obama a letter inviting him to join me in town hall meetings around the country."
"We do fine. We're very happy with the kind of campaigning we do. I just prefer a town hall meeting. I prefer that, because that gives me the chance to hear people's hopes and dreams and aspirations."
"I strongly disagree with the Bush administration's mismanagement of the war in Iraq."
"My friends, we're in an information technology revolution. It is a revolution, and it's been going on for some time. And it's almost unprecedented in history. The last one was the industrial revolution. And it's created jobs and opportunities and growth for our economy, but it's also had the unintended consequences...
"I have a great belief that the fundamentals of our economy are very strong, very strong. It's out there. You can travel around this country and see places. A lot of the new technologies are going to be spent exactly on making this nation energy independent and that's vital."
"When I go to Michigan and I see what's happened to former workers in the automobile industry, it's heartbreaking."
"She has inspired generations of American women to believe that they can reach the highest office in this nation, and I respect her campaign and I respect her."
"Senator Obama and I are moving on and will continue to work together and I value his input."
"I'm proud of the fact that Hillary Clinton, Senator Clinton inspired a generation of young women. As a father of three daughters, I congratulate her. And I congratulate her for her tenaciousness too. She worked very hard."
"I will never surrender in Iraq, my friends. I will never surrender in Iraq."
"In the general election, the real debate over economic policy can begin. And as you know it's began in earnest. As you may have heard, Senator Obama and I might and I hope will be meeting soon in a series of town hall discussions. Just the two of us in direct conversation with the voters. No need to turn it into a ...
"I will veto every pork barrel spending bill that comes across my desk. You will know their names, I will make them famous."
"I don't agree with Senator Obama that they cling to their religion and the Constitution because they're bitter."
"I was just informed of the Supreme Court decision. I haven?t had a chance to read the opinion yet. It obviously concerns me. These are unlawful combatants, they are not American citizens and I think we should pay attention to Justice Roberts? opinion in this decision. But it is a decision that the Supreme Court has...
"But I want Senator Obama to accept my invitation. I'll fly around this country with him. I'll reserve one day a week and let's have town hall meetings and hear from the American people."
"I know I'm late but I am on the train."
"The reason why I was a sponsor of the act that prohibited cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment was because I was against the torture and this treatment of prisoners."
"It makes me angry to hear you say that."
"Sir, you really, really have to ask me the question. I understand American history. Please go ahead."
"And I'll tell you something else I won't tell 'em. I won't tell 'em that in small towns across American and Pennsylvania that they are bitter or angry about their economic condition so therefore they embrace religion and the second amendment of the Constitution of the United States. I will never do that. Because I ...
"I think that people would be far more informed and maybe in some ways entertained if we had that format."
"Now as then, all a windfall profits tax will accomplish is to increase our dependence on foreign oil, and hinder exactly the kind of domestic exploration and production we need. I'm all for recycling, but it's better applied to paper and plastic than to the failed policies of the 1970's."
"If the plan sounds familiar, it's because that was President Jimmy Carter's big idea, too. And a lot of good it did us."
"I could care less about what I do."
"I'm here for the team playing, I'm here for the team to do well."
"I'm here for the team playing, I'm here for the team to do well. And if we all win then none of this shit matters. 'Scuse my freakin French."
"I could care less about what I do. I'm here for the team playing. I'm here for the team to do well."
"If we all win, then none of this shit matters."
"Dammit Boy, I'm finally out of Utah, boy, and I'm glad I'm playing with a center. That Ostertag was a bum."
"I don't care."
"I'm not gonna be doing this all year, going back and forth with them."
"I'm not gonna be doing this all year."
"You know what? It's not about you."
"There's always been somebody to ignite the brick, and if I'm getting that rebound, I'm gonna be igniting that brick."
"Ignite the brick."
"In September of 2002, I argued strongly that the invasion of a country that had not attacked us would be a mistake and would divert attention, resources and resolve from the effort to track down and capture those who had attacked us. I argued that the occupation of Iraq would be dangerous and harmful for our count...
"It's simple; if we give our money to KFC, we are paying for a life a misery for some of God's most helpless creatures."
"He used and gender-biased terms, you can't compare that to someone who may have, in your judgment, extreme views."
"Yeah, I look like 'beep' now, so what?"
"Oh bugger! I missed it."
"I gotta tell you, I am, I am, I'm rooting for the Red Sox in the World Series. And, ok, alright, and I'm not saying that, I am not saying that, I'm not saying that just because I'm here in Massachusetts if I'm in Colorado within the next week or two you will see I will have the courage to tell the people in Colorad...
"I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I got."
"That is why in the shadow of the old state capitol where Lincoln once called on a house divided to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the United States of America!"
"All free men wherever they may live are citizens of Berlin. And therefore as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner'."
"I will not raise taxes on the middle class to pay for these programs."
"Concerning non-violence, it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks."
"The challenge facing the United States is that we have to be right one time. I mean 100% of the time."
"I don't give a damn that you're 12 years old, or 11 years old."
Daughter: "Tell me right now you're gonna stop drinking." Dave: "I'll be fine." Daughter: "Tell me you're gonna stop drinking." Dave: "I'll be fine."
Daughter: "Tell me you're going to stop." Dave: "I'm going to stop." Daughter: "Promise?" Dave: "Yup." Daughter: "Yes?" Dave: "Uh hm." Daughter: "Good, that's what I like to hear."
Daughter: "Even if you're horrible." Dave: "I don't have you, I don't have you." Daughter: "What do you mean you don't have me?" Dave: "I don't have you." Daughter: "Of course you have me." Dave: "No I don't."
"I'll step off to land now. It?s one small step, for man, one giant leap for mankind."
"I can walk 18 holes. I guess I don't need a cart yet."
"You almost want to tell them, just don't bother, because you know it's going to go in, it's just what he does. I just love it. I love it."
"I'm playing against a monster tomorrow morning. I got to get excited to play. You I get to play against the best player that ever played. Whatever happens, happens. I'm happy that I'm here and I will give it everything I have and see what we do."
"I understand how my dad felt in 2002. He wasn't that emotional for some reason in 2000 but in '02 he was. His health was starting to decline a little bit. He didn't know how much longer he had with me. To win our national championship meant so much to him. I didn't know why at the time but then all of a sudden now ...
"To be able to see Sam here, now I'm on the other end, now I'm in his position as a dad. She'll never have a clue what happened this week. But just to have her here means, it's hard to describe because it means everything."
"I didn't sleep."
"I still don't know what the heck I did to tell you the truth. I know I didn't win, but something else happened."
"It was just a pleasure and an honor to play him and be with him that day and be, you know, he made the putt to get in, and it was great. It was perfect theater. And I knew he was going to make it. He knew he was going to make it. Everyone knew he was going to make it. And to play him on Monday, heads up, a little p...
"It was unbelievable. It was just forever."
"I wanted to win the golf tournament. And in the process, it was an unbelievable, an unbelievable match, between the both of us. He was two up. One up at one time. I went one up. He went back to one up. Then I went to two down. And then one down. And then to three. It was insane."
"That's what I'm most proud of. I gave him, I gave him a challenge and he rose to it both days and he won the golf tournament. But that's all I can do. I thought I had him twice. I really did. And obviously I didn't."
"When I hit that pitch on ten which was absolutely so pathetic. It made me so mad. I was so angry at myself. I wasn't feeling sorry for myself or, oh, my God, I'm dead and he's going to kill me now. I'm two down. I can't come back. I'm three down. I was angry. He made a little mistake off the tee and it opened me up...
"I will never question the patriotism of others."
"I will never question the patriotism of others, in this campaign."
"If that's the kind of campaign that Senator Obama and his surrogates and his, uh, supporter s want to engage, I understand that. But it doesn't reduce the price of a gallon of gasoline by one penny, it doesn't achieve our energy independence ... make it come any closer, it doesn't help an American stay in their hom...
"If that's the kind of campaign that Senator Obama and his surrogates and his, uh, supporter s want to engage, I understand that."
"Because if it's right for one negro to be forced into that university, then every negro in the state of Mississippi who is qualified has the same right to go to that university."
"Our African brothers have gained their independence faster than you and I here in America have."