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

Natural gas is hemispheric; I like to call it hemispheric in nature, because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.

For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.

The all-volunteer army works. It works particularly when we pay our troops well.

God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam [Hussein], which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them.

I understand how democracy works. Quite a little bit of criticism in it, which is fine. That's fine. That's part of the process. But I have every right, as do my administration, to make it clear what the consequences would be of policy. And if we think somebody is strong or doesn't see the world the way it is, we'll continue to point that out to people.

I want everybody to hear loud and clear that I'm going to be the president of everybody.