See, one of the interesting things in the Oval Office - I love to bring people into the Oval Office - right around the corner from here - and say, this is where I office, but I want you to know the office is always bigger than the person.

I didn't -- I swear I didn't -- get into politics to feather my nest or feather my friends' nests.

I worry about protectionists, which is another way of saying less competition, less trade around the world. And I view those as twins of negativity.

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

We are not deceived by their pretenses to piety. We have seen their kind before. They are the heirs of all the murderous ideologies of the 20th century. By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions - by abandoning every value except the will to power - they follow in the path of fascism, and Nazism, and totalitarianism. And they will follow that path all the way, to where it ends: in history's unmarked grave of discarded lies.

Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have ever seen. It may include dramatic strikes, visible on TV, and covert operations, secret even in success.

And after September the 11th, the United States Congress also granted me additional authority to use military force against al Qaeda. . . .