We have to make America the best place in the world to do business.

The greatest threat now is a 9/11 occurring with a group of terrorists armed not with airline tickets and box cutters, but with a nuclear weapon in the middle of one of our own cities...there's a high probability of such an attempt.

Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. It makes the whole thing mutual - America sees two John Kerrys.

I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11, but there's clearly an established Iraqi track record with terror.

You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there.

I think it's fair to say you can't predict a straight line to victory. You know, there'll be good days and bad days along the way.

If we're successful in Iraq ... we will have struck a major blow right at the heart of the base, if you will, the geographic base of the terrorists who have had us under assault now for many years, but most especially on 9/11.