I think I'm the only president other than John Kennedy who had both parents alive during the presidency.

Whatever party you're in in America, our troops deserve the full support of our government.

Suiciders are willing to kill innocent life in order to send the projection that this is an impossible mission.

I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind.

For states that support terror, it is not enough that the consequences be costly-they must be devastating

If you read with empathy what Lincoln went through, then you realize what you're going through is nothing compared to what he went through.

Iraq is a very important part of securing the homeland, and its a very important part of helping change the Middle East into a part of the world that will not serve as a threat to the civilized world, to people like - or to the developed world, to people like - in the United States.