Happiness is ideal it is the work of the imagination.

The great nations have always acted like gangsters and the small nations like prostitutes.

Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery.

The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.

When a great team loses through complacency it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.

What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness second their imagination and third their industry.

Mr. Chairman delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I do so with humility deeply moved by the trust you have placed in me. It is a great honor. It is an even greater responsibility.

The principles that made this nation a great and powerful leader of the world have not lost their meaning. They never will. We know we can bring this country back. I'm Mitt Romney. I believe in America. And I'm running for president of the United States.