I understand I'm running against a person who is so anxious to become president, he will do whatever it takes.

We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite challenge. We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors.

Should any Iraqi officer or soldier receive an order from Saddam Hussein.... don't follow that order. Because if you choose to do so, when Iraq is liberated, you will be treated, tried and persecuted as a war criminal.

We should fund the armies of compassion, we should not discriminate against faith-based programs.

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

They misunderestimated me.

I aim to be a competitive nation.