To the captives, 'come out,' -- and to those in darkness, 'be free.'

The interesting thing about golf is that the presidency requires focus and discipline, and golf requires focus and discipline. It was a way to make sure that parts of my life were focused and disciplined.

Look, history is interesting. I read three books on George Washington last year. And my opinion is that if they're still analyzing the first president, the 43rd president ought to be doing what he thinks is right. And eventually, historians will come and realize whether... the decisions I made made sense.

We Americans have faith in ourselves, but not in ourselves alone. We do not know-we do not claim to know all the ways of Providence, yet we can trust in them, placing our confidence in the loving God behind all of life, and all of history.

We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them.

I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office.

Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me.