I believe we owe it to our children and grandchildren to stay engaged and to help spread liberty and to help reformers.

And we need a full affront on an energy crisis that is real in California and looms for other parts of our country if we don't move quickly.

One of my concerns is that the health care not be as good as it can possibly be.

There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment and expose the pretensions of tyrants and reward the hopes of the decent and tolerant. And that is the force of human freedom.

Something that is completely unwinnable. I mean, it becomes unwinnable if we decide to leave [Afghanistan].

It's good to see so many friends here in the Rose Garden. This is our first event in this beautiful spot, and it's appropriate we talk about policy that will affect people's lives in a positive way in such a beautiful, beautiful part of our national - really, our national park system, my guess is you would want to call it.

I believe it is in the national interest that government stand side-by-side with people of faith who work to change lives for the better. I understand in the past, some in government have said government cannot stand side-by-side with people of faith. Let me put it more bluntly, government can't spend money on religious programs simply because there's a rabbi on the board, cross on the wall, or a crescent on the door. I viewed this as not only bad social policy - because policy by-passed the great works of compassion and healing that take place - I viewed it as discrimination.