Our hearts are broken today for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these children and the families of the adults we lost....May god bless the memory of the victims and in the words of scripture heal the broken hearted and bind up their wounds.

When George Bush came into office, we had surpluses. And now we have half-a-trillion-dollar deficit annually. When George Bush came into office, our national debt was around $5 trillion. It's now over $10 trillion. We've almost doubled it.

I am somebody who usually writes out the rough draft in longhand. Then I type it into the computer, and that is where I do my editing. I find that if I write it on the computer, I go too quick. So I like getting that first draft out and then typing it in; you are less self-conscious about it.

I think the American people can change Washington. But I think that it is not going to change, because somebody from on high directs that change.

We will not apologise for our way of life.

A relentless focus on the outward markers of success can lead to complacency. It can make you lazy.

The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.