We have to find the origin of the problem. The origin of the problem in many African countries is that you've got state bureaucracies which are too bloated.

This will not be a campaign of half measures, and we will accept no outcome except victory.

I got a lot of Ph.D.-types and smart people around me who come into the Oval Office and say, 'Mr. President, here's what's on my mind.' And I listen carefully to their advice. But having gathered the device, I decide, you know, I say, 'This is what we're going to do.'

Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time everywhere

Today, we're fighting a new war to defend our liberty and our people and our way of life. And as we work to advance the cause of freedom around the world, we remember that the father of our country believed that the freedoms we secured in our revolution were not meant for Americans alone.

I strongly believe what we're doing is the right thing. If I didn't believe it -- I'm going to repeat what I said before -- I'd pull the troops out, nor if I believed we could win, I would pull the troops out.

Globalization has altered the dynamics in the White House, as well as between the White House and the Treasury.