Battling terrorism must go beyond belligerence vs. isolation.

You can't change Washington from the inside. You can only change it from the outside.

The pyramids are one of those things that live up to the hype. They're elemental in ways that are hard to describe.

I'm not sure we have the right strategy in Afghanistan. Let me think this over for a few months.

To all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.

Obviously I'm grayer, a few more wrinkles. One of the things I'm proud about is that I think my basic character and outlook actually have not changed much. And people who are closest to me will tell you that the guy who came here is the same guy who's leaving.

I think at a certain age I became conscious of the power of words. And it was fairly late. I was kind of a goofball - but I was always subconsciously thinking about issues.