A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.

And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.

The strategic objective is to help Iraq government succeed.That's the strategic and not only to help the government the reformers in Iraq succeed, but to help the reformers across the region succeed to fight off the elements of extremism.

America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.

One of my concerns is that the health care not be as good as it can possibly be.

The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals. And one such goal is a democracy in Germany.

I'm absolutely confident that the actions we took in Iraq are influencing reformers and freedom lovers in the greater Middle East. And I believe that you're going to see the rise of democracy in many countries in the broader Middle East, which will lay the foundation for peace.