"Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them..." - Quote by Barack Obama

“That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door. That we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe or hearing a sudden knock on the door. That we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will be counted.”

“It still puts burden on some troops of ours who are there [in Afghanistan and Iraq] as advisors and facilitators.”

“For more than 60 years, the United States has stood by our allies and partners in the Asia Pacific. That includes our defence partnership with Singapore, which stretches back more than two decades.”

“An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.”

“It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.”

“Really good original ideas are very hard to come up with. Good ideas - easy. Really good, original ideas - it can take months.”

“A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.”

“The attempt to suppress an idea has always and everywhere proved a failure.”

“We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?”