The herd seek out the great not for their sake but for their influence and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

In the rush to become all things to all people the federal government has lost sight of its core responsibilities. As a result we're stuck in this frustrating paradox where Washington actually neglects things it's clearly supposed to be doing while interfering in other areas where they are neither welcome nor authorized.

I welcome and seek your ideas but do not bring me small ideas bring me big ideas to match our future.

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.

We must welcome the future remembering that soon it will be the past and we must respect the past remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible.

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days no greeting like his welcome no homage like his praise.

My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love.

My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom from a murderous regime. We in Israel welcome the historic struggle to forge democratic peace-loving governments in our region.

I had crossed the line. I was free but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.

In the long history of the world only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.