I want a kinder, gentler nation.

We know what works: freedom works. We know what's right: freedom is right. We know how to secure a more and just and prosperous life for man on earth: through free markets, free speech, free elections and the exercise of free will unhampered by the state.

Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you're burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering.

We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.

Education is not complete unless we teach our children not only how to read and write but the difference between right and wrong.

The United States will continue its efforts to improve our understanding of climate change - to seek hard data, accurate models, and new ways to improve the science - and determine how best to meet these tremendous challenges.

I believe we should make use of what we know. We know that the future of the Earth must not be compromised.