There is some who say that perhaps freedom is not universal. Maybe it's only Western people that can self-govern. Maybe it's only, you know, white-guy Methodists who are capable of self-government. I reject that notion.

I never dreamed about being President, I wanted to be Willie Mays.

These people are trying to shake the will of the Iraqi citizens, and they want us to leave...I think the world would be better off if we did leave.

This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve.

When your economy is kind of ooching along, it's important to let people have more of their own money.

In the long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty.

Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, while an unelected few repress the Iranian people's hope for freedom. The Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax, and nerve gas, and nuclear weapons for over a decade. This is a regime that has already used poison gas to murder thousands of its own citizens - leaving the bodies of mothers huddled over their dead children.