The press in America has never been stronger and never been freer and never been more vibrant, sometimes to my chagrin, and a lot of times to my delight.

Ann and I will carry out this equivocal message to the world: Markets must be open.

Americans practice different faiths in churches, synagogues, mosques and temples. And many good people practice no faith at all.

We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us.

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

If you take all the food aid, America is by far the most generous country. If you take the direct aid, we're very generous. But when you add on our private contributions - see, our tax system encourages private citizens to donate to organisations that, for example, help the folks in Africa. And when you take the combined effort of US taxpayers' money plus US citizens' donations, we're very generous. And we'll do more.

The biggest threat facing America is terrorists with weapons of mass destruction.