[Saddam] built up a massive war machine while neglecting the basic needs of his own people.

You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.

Foreign fighters are travelling into Iraq to make it a front line in the war on terror. And I would rather defeat them there than face them in our own country.

If I answer questions every time you ask one, expectations would be high. And as you know, I like to keep expectations low.

It's good to see so many friends here in the Rose Garden. This is our first event in this beautiful spot, and it's appropriate we talk about policy that will affect people's lives in a positive way in such a beautiful, beautiful part of our national - really, our national park system, my guess is you would want to call it.

If you're a poor worker - this is for new workers coming into the workplace - your benefits will increase at the current rate of increase. If you're a wealthier worker, your benefits would increase at the rate of inflation. And those changes would affect positively the unfunded liabilities inherent in Social Security.

I really don't want to in the press, genuinely don't want to be in the press.