War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict was begun on the timing and terms of others. It will end in a way, and at an hour, of our choosing.

When a child is in crisis, parents should have a role and a voice. They should be the first to help, not the last to know.

When your economy is kind of ooching along, it's important to let people have more of their own money.

Presidents, whether things are good or bad, get the blame. I understand that.

One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.

I may be the only person, the only presidential candidate who never carried the state in which he was born.

I do not believe the promises of the Declaration of Independence are just for the strong, the independent, the healthy. They are for everyone-including unborn children. We are a society with enough compassion and wealth and love to care for both mothers and their children, to seek the promise and potential in every life.