I strongly believe that marriage should be defined as between a man and a woman. I'm troubled by activist judges who are defining marriage. I've watched carefully what's happened in San Francisco where licenses were being issued, even though the law states otherwise. I have consistently stated that I will support law to protect marriage between a man and a woman. And obviously these events are influencing my decision.

Islam is a faith that brings comfort to people. It inspires them to lead lives based on honesty, and justice, and compassion.

Our job is to help Iraq forces be better equipped, to help their police be able to deal with these extremists and to help their government succeed.

The future success of our Nation depends on our children's ability to understand the difference between right and wrong and to have the strength of character to make the right choices. To help them reach their full potential and live with integrity and pride, we must teach our children to be kind, responsible, honest, and self-disciplined. These important values are first learned in the family, but all of our citizens have an obligation to support parents in the character education of our children

More and more of our imports are coming from overseas

You know, if you find a person that you've never seen before getting in a crop-duster that doesn't belong to you, report it.

History will look back, and I'm fully prepared to accept any mistakes that history judges to my administration, because the president makes the decisions, the president has to take the responsibility.