Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me.

Year after year in Washington, budget debates seem to come down to an old, tired argument: on one side, those who want more government, regardless of the cost; on the other, those who want less government, regardless of the need....Government has a role, and an important role. Yet, too much government crowds out initiative and hard work, private charity and the private economy....Government should be active, but limited; engaged, but not overbearing.

I believe that democracy will prevail, so long as the United States stays with these young democracies to help them.

Oftentimes people ask me, 'Why is it that you're so focused on helping the hungry and diseased in strange parts of the world?'

Bin Laden says his own role is to tell Muslims, quote, 'what is good for them and what is not.'

For me, I learned from my father that when it's over, it's over.

I've got God's shoulder to cry on. And I cry a lot. I do a lot of crying in this job. I'll bet I've shed more tears than you can count, as president.