Perfect is unattainable. Better is possible.

I'm especially grateful that they're here at a time when the rest of Ireland is focused on the final round of the Six Nations rugby tournament and the last match of the legendary Brian O'Driscoll.

Iran is biggest strategic beneficiary of invasion of Iraq.

Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us to act in our time.

I think it's perfectly consistent to say that I want my government to be operating for all faiths and all peoples, including atheists and agnostics, while also insisting that there are values tha tinform my politics that are appropriate to talk about.

If you don't have good people, and you don't have a good process and you don't have, at some level, the basic reverence for [presidential] office, and an understanding of the incredible responsibilities and obligations, then, I think you can get into trouble.

The more we can encourage participation, I think the better off we are.