I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job.

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.

I'd like to be a president [known] as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace.

We go forward with complete confidence in the eventual triumph of freedom. Not because history runs on the wheels of inevitability; it is human choices that move events. Not because we consider ourselves a chosen nation; God moves and chooses as He wills.

The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself.

America needs a military where our breast and brightest are proud to serve.

This nation is daring and decent and ready for change.