God speaks through me.

These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of America's resolve.

You see, we'll never be able to compete in the 21st century unless we have an education system that doesn't quit on children, an education system that raises standards, an education that makes sure there's excellence in every classroom.

Now that I've got the will of the people at my back, I'm going to start enforcing the one-question rule. That was three questions.

Through centuries of struggle, Jews across the world have been witnesses not only against the crimes of men, but for faith in God and God alone. Theirs is a story of defiance and oppression, and patience in tribulation reaching back to the exodus and their exile. That story continued in the founding of the state of Israel. That story continues in the defense of the state of Israel.

If I look back to when I was 20 and somebody said you'd be president, I would have said no way.

You've just got to do what you think is right, and just make the decisions based upon noble causes. And a noble cause is peace and security and freedom.