Together, we will reclaim America's schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.

You'll hear people say it's racist to test. Folks, it's racist not to test. Because guess who gets shuffled through the system oftentimes? Children whose parents don't speak English as a first language, inner-city kids. It's so much easier to quit on somebody than to remediate.

I fully understand it's important to maintain the separation of church and state. We don't want the state to become the church, nor do we want the church to become the state.

Freedom is the direction of history, because freedom is the permanent hope of humanity.

I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things.

The best defense against terrorism is a strong offensive against terrorists. That work continues.

I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5-lb. perch in my lake. (Answering a reporter who asked him to name the best moment of his Presidency.)