Our security is assured by our perseverance and by our sure belief in the success of liberty.

If I look back to when I was 20 and somebody said you'd be president, I would have said no way.

I'm the master of low expectations.

Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.

My administration will be more supportive of the good works done here than any administration in the history of this country because I understand the power of faith, that faith can change lives.

One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger.