The suicide bombings have increased. There's too many of them.

If you're asking me as the President, would I understand reality, I do.

I was also fortunate that I was raised in a part of the world, West Texas, where individualism is strong.

We cannot show weakness in this world today

I believe that freedom is the deepest need of every human soul.

You see, we'll never be able to compete in the 21st century unless we have an education system that doesn't quit on children, an education system that raises standards, an education that makes sure there's excellence in every classroom.

"Americans do not presume to equate God's purposes with any purpose of our own...."[Prayer] teaches us to trust, to accept that God's plan unfolds in his time, not our own.