Iraq and Afghanistan are now democracies and they are allies in the cause of freedom and peace.

The Patriot Act closed dangerous gaps in America's law enforcement and intelligence capabilities, gaps that terrorists exploited when they attacked us.

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

Ours is a nation that does not seek revenge.

I've changed my style somewhat, as you know. I'm less - I pontificate less, although it may be hard to tell it from this show. And I'm more interacting with people.

...the role of the military is to fight and win war and, therefore, prevent war from happening in the first place.

There's a lot of people in the world who don't believe that people whose skin color may not be the same as ours can be free and self-govern. I reject that. I reject that strongly. I believe that people who practice the Muslim faith can self-govern. I believe that people whose skins aren't necessarily - are a different color than white can self-govern.