We can have confidence in the long-term foundation of our economy ... I think the system basically is sound. I truly do.

This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses.

One of the interesting initiatives we've taken in Washington, D.C., is we've got these vampire-busting devices. A vampire is a-a cell deal you can plug in the wall to charge your cell phone.

Our security is assured by our perseverance and by our sure belief in the success of liberty.

Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.

Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe because in the long run stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty. ... The global wave of democracy has barely reached the Arab states. For too long, many people in that region have been victims and subjects. They deserve to be active citizens.

In terms of what people think about me, the truth of the matter is, I guess I care to a certain extent, but not enough to try to go out in the public and plead for some kind of new understanding of me.