We're going to have the best educated American people in the world. People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.

I don't see how we can allow public dollars to fund programs where spite and hate is the core of the message.

I believe that we will succeed in Iraq, because, one, the Iraqis want to live in a free society. And, two, that the Iraqis want to take the fight to the enemy. And people want me to put a timetable on things; that's a huge mistake. Putting a timetable on this - on our stay there in Iraq simply emboldens the enemy and discourages our friends.

A president must make decisions based upon principle and stand by the principles by which he makes decisions in order to achieve peace.

These people are trying to shake the will of the Iraqi citizens, and they want us to leave...I think the world would be better off if we did leave.

I will always stand firm to protect the sanctity of marriage. I believe it is important to work with people to find common ground on difficult issues.