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

I simply said that I would do everything to help Taiwan to defend itself.

I faced a lot of criticism as president. I didn't like hearing people claim that I lied about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction or cut taxes to benefit the rich. But the suggestion that I was racist because of the response to Katrina represented an all-time low.

Suiciders are willing to kill innocent life in order to send the projection that this is an impossible mission.

The bill Congress sent me would take away one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror... so today I vetoed it.

Really proud of it. A great campaign. And I'm really pleased with the organization and the thousands of South Carolinians that worked on my behalf. And I'm very gracious and humbled.

The union of a man and a woman is the most enduring human institution, honored and encouraged in all cultures and by every religious faith." ... "Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.