... for those of us who lived through these events, the only marker we'll ever need is the tick of a clock at the 46th minute of the eighth hour of the 11th day.

[I was raised in] West Texas where people can dream big dreams and achieve them. But where people also have a great sense of community. They cared about their neighbors. And those values, I think, have stood me well.

We have now reached a turning point in the struggle between freedom and terror.

I decided what I wanted to do, not to make me look good, but to make me feel comfortable. Other presidents do it other ways.

Do you realize we've got 250 million years of coal? But coal has got environmental hazards to it, but there's-I'm convinced, and I know that we-technology can be developed so we can have zero-emissions coal-fired electricity plants.

History will prove me right. This is an exercise in folly.

I do not like abortions. I will do everything in my power to restrict abortion.