My administration will be more supportive of the good works done here than any administration in the history of this country because I understand the power of faith, that faith can change lives.

The will of the United States can be shaken by suiciders and suiciders who are willing to drive up to a Red Cross center, a center of international help and aid and comfort, and just kill. [...] The strategy remains the same. The tactics to respond to more suiciders driving cars will alter on the ground.

Free people will set the course of history.

Not every action requires military action. As a matter of fact, military action is the very last resort for us.

I have made a lot of tactical decisions that historians will look back and say: He shouldn't have done that. He shouldn't have made that decision. And I'll take responsibility for them. I'm human.

A good run adds a little bounce to my step. I get a certain amount of self-esteem from it.

I've got God's shoulder to cry on. And I cry a lot. I do a lot of crying in this job. I'll bet I've shed more tears than you can count, as president.