Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

This is a global war on terror. We're facing extremists that believe something. And they want to achieve objectives. And, therefore, the United States must use all our assets and we must work with others to defeat this enemy. That's the call.

When you're writing about something that happened, it helps you transition to the present.

I think that if you don't think we're in a war that you can't win the war.

It really gets me when the critics say I haven't done enough for the economy. I mean, look what I've done for the book publishing industry. You've heard some of the titles. 'Big Lies,' 'The Lies of George W. Bush,' 'The Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.' I'd like to tell you I've read each of these books, but that'd be a lie.

The same folks that are bombing innocent people in Iraq were the ones who attacked us in America on September the 11th.

Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.