Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.

This thaw took a while to thaw, it's going to take a while to unthaw.

I'm excited for my little girls. When they left the nest, I was excited because they were winging their way into life.

Our enemies believed America was weak and materialistic, that we would splinter in fear and selfishness. They were as wrong as they are evil.

[Saddam Hussein] is a threat because he is dealing with al-Qaeda. . . . A true threat facing our country is that an al-Qaeda-type network trained and armed by Saddam could attack America and not leave one fingerprint.

There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.

There are some who feel like - that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring 'em on! We've got the force necessary.