Doing nothing in the face of a grave threat to the world is not an option.

Americans spend 6 billion hours a year filling out their tax reforms.

The greatest gift a parent can give a child is unconditional love. As a child wanders and strays, finding his bearings, he needs a sense of absolute love from a parent. There's nothing wrong with tough love, as long as the love is unconditional.

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

Saddam Hussein's regime is a gray and gathering danger.

You cannot lead America to a positive tomorrow with revenge on one's mind. Revenge is so incredibly negative.

I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.