The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.

There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment and expose the pretensions of tyrants and reward the hopes of the decent and tolerant. And that is the force of human freedom.

One of the things I learned as president is that your life is just not going to unfold the way you want it to. There will be surprises, challenges, and therefore the question is how you deal with the unexpected.

People who plan their life when they're 18 years old and say, "This is my life plan," would generally be surprised and maybe disappointed.

I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf.

It's going to require numerous IRA agents.

The agenda of the roadblock is the philosophy of the stop sign.