Embryonic stem-cell research requires the destruction of life to create a stem cell. That's why I think we've got to be very careful in balancing the ethics and the science.

I hope I'm as graceful and gracious as [my parents] are. It's hard for me to project how I'm gonna be if I make it to 86.

Except when you're marching to war, it's not a very optimistic thought, is it? In other words, it's the opposite of optimistic when you're thinking you're going to war.

By promoting liberty abroad, we will build a safer world. By encouraging liberty at home, we will build a more hopeful America.

If I look back to when I was 20 and somebody said you'd be president, I would have said no way.

Globalization has altered the dynamics in the White House, as well as between the White House and the Treasury.

I do remain confident in Linda. She'll make a fine labor secretary. From what I've read in the press accounts, she's perfectly qualified.