I think that people are concerned about the breakdown of the family but they also don't want to see discrimination against gays and lesbians who they work with and they want to be able to make sure that gays can visit each other in hospitals and be able to inherit property.

I think it's useful to keep in mind I've been now President for over seven years and gun sales don't seem to have suffered during that time.

I don't have much patience for anyone who denies that this challenge is real.

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.

Today, I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year.

There is enough oil out there for world demand. It is true that a lot of what's driving oil prices up right now is not the lack of supply. There's enough supply.

You didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.