I believe the best days of this country lie before us.
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Optimism
Every quote the archive has tagged optimism.
I say we ought to be happy about these good things that are happening.
There can be light at the end of the tunnel.
I want you to believe that your country can work and that you can have a good future.
I'm just a cockeyed optimist and always have been.
I'm optimistic that we'll pass it because more often than not in very difficult issues the Congress does the right thing.
This year, let's give the folks at home something to cheer about.
America's best days are still ahead of us.
If we all got up every day trying to make something good happen, like John Waihee, our future would be assured.
We're going to be all right, and don't you let anybody tell you any different.
There is nothing wrong with this country that cannot be fixed by what is right with this country.
The glass is half full, and you can fill it up the rest of the way if you are determined to do it.
I am, frankly, more optimistic than I was about the future of the world than when I took office.
I think it's going in the right direction.
I said, 'You know, we just might pull this off.'
I would say I am more optimistic about the possibility of the resolution of it.