America rejects bigotry. We reject every act of hatred against people of Arab background or Muslim faith America values and welcomes peaceful people of all faiths - Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu and many others. Every faith is practiced and protected here, because we are one country. Every immigrant can be fully and equally American because we're one country. Race and color should not divide us, because America is one country.

So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the - the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you’re dealt?

There ought to be limits to freedom.

We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans, and confront the worst threats before they emerge.

I think we need not only to eliminate the tollbooth to the middle class, I think we should knock down the tollbooth.

Saddam Hussein's regime is a gray and gathering danger.

There needs to be debates, like we're going through. There needs to be townhall meetings. There needs to be travel. This is a huge country.