Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.

I want a kinder, gentler nation.

I don't worry about superpower confrontation. You know, I lived through the Cold War days, and where everybody was worried about a Soviet Union armed to the teeth. I think we're going to get along fine with Russia, and I don't see them as internationally ambitious.

You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize.

It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it.

No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.

Appeasement does not work. As was the case in the 1930s, we see in Saddam Hussein an aggressive dictator threatening his neighbors.