We can't wait for Congress to do its job. So where they won't act, I will.

My administration will be the most transparent in history

I can say with confidence that I never bought into the hype, and I made sure that the people around me didn't buy into the hype, and I did not surround myself with people who fed me the hype. And I'm glad of that as well.

I've said this before, and I know this raises questions in the minds of some evangelicals. I do not believe that my mother, who never formally embraced Christianity as far as I know ... I do not believe she went to hell.

If we want America to stay on the cutting edge, we need young Americans to master the tools and technology that will change the way we do just about everything.

If you go out and make some things happen, you will fill the world with hope.

We are a nation of laws.