It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.

Israel is our ally and in that we've made a very strong commitment to support Israel, we will support Israel if her security is threatened.

It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency.

When it comes to the common rights and needs of men and women, there is no clash of civilizations. The requirements of freedom apply fully to Africa and Latin America and the entire Islamic world. The peoples of the Islamic nations want and deserve the same freedoms and opportunities as people in every nation. And their governments should listen to their hopes.

On September 11 2001, America felt its vulnerability even to threats that gather on the other side of the Earth. We resolved then, and we are resolved today, to confront every threat from any source that could bring sudden terror and suffering to America.

One principle is the universality of freedom. I'm a freedom lover.

The students at Yale came from all different backgrounds and all parts of the country. Within months, I knew many of them.