What the American people understand is that I look at what we need to get done to keep the American people safe and to move our interests forward, and I make those decisions.

All I care about is making sure that I leave behind an America that is stronger, more prosperous, more stable, more secure than it was when I came into office and that's going to continue to drive me.

I believe in term limits for presidents because I think that there is no doubt I'm a better president now than I was when I start. I would argue that I am the best president I've ever been over the last year or two. My team is more effective than it's ever been.But what is also true is that number one, this is grueling.

Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change.

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

Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can't stop marching. Even when they're turning the hoses on you, you can't stop.

People call me a socialist sometimes. But, no, you gotta meet real socialists. You'll have a sense of what a socialist is.