The business pages of American newspapers should not read like a scandal sheet.

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

America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.

I think, to a certain extent the economy and these decisions I made to protect the country matter a lot.

America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.

How do you know if you don't measure if you have a system that simply suckles kids through?

It's my first trip as president of the United States.