I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat.

...Started by missionaries in 1841, Punahou Academy had grown into a prestigious prep school, an incubator for island elites...It hadn't been easy to get me in, my grandparents told her (my mother); there was a long waiting list, and I was considered only because of the intervention of Gramps' boss, who was an alumnus (my first experience with affirmative action, it seems, had little to do with race).

I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

Religious concerns ok, if translated into universal values.

There are people in Iran who have the same aspirations as people all around the world for a better life.

I was able to see faith as more than just a comfort to the weary or a hedge against death; rather, it was an active, palpable agent in the world.

The shadow of crisis has passed, and the State of the Union is strong.