The Iraqi regime is a threat of unique urgency. [...] It has developed weapons of mass death.

If you say, "Are you going to change your strategic objective?", it means you're leaving before the mission is complete, and we're not going to leave before the mission in Iraq is complete.

America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.

I understand religion is a walk, it's a journey. And I fully recognize that I'm a sinner, just like you.

Ages of experience have taught us that the commitment of a husband and a wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society. Marriage cannot be cut off from its cultural, religious, and natural roots without weakening this good influence on society. Government, by recognizing and protecting marriage, serves the interests of all.

I regret that a private comment I made to the vice presidential candidate made it through the public airways.

The fingers and toes and beating hearts that we can see on an unborn child's ultrasound come with something that we cannot see: a soul