We're breaking protocol here. That's the good thing about being President - I can do whatever I want.

Even when you go up ramp, and you think about [Franklin D. Roosevelt] wheeling himself up, you know, got a little cigarette holder in his mouth, and it, that, that awe that you feel, that reverence that you feel for the place never entirely leaves.

The hard truth is carbon pollution has built up in our atmosphere for decades now. And even if we Americans do our part, the planet will slowly keep warming for some time to come.

If some of these [Republican] folks were around when Columbus set sail, they must have been founding members of the 'flat earth society.' They would not believe that the world was round.

The capacity of Iraq's security forces has improved, and Iraq's leaders have made strides toward political accommodation

To look at the issue of life and abortion, actually we're moving in that direction where most Americans oppose most abortions.

The Holy Koran teaches that whoever kills an innocent is as - it is as if he has killed all mankind.