We're now interested in finding those who may attack America and arrest them before they do. We've had over nearly a thousand people have been detained in America and questioned about their motives and their intentions.

There's a lot of people in the Middle East who are desirous to get into the Mitchell process. And - but first things first. The - these terrorist acts and, you know, the responses have got to end in order for us to get the framework - the groundwork - not framework, the groundwork to discuss a framework for peace, to lay the - all right.

Look, history is interesting. I read three books on George Washington last year. And my opinion is that if they're still analyzing the first president, the 43rd president ought to be doing what he thinks is right. And eventually, historians will come and realize whether... the decisions I made made sense.

My pan plays down an unprecedented amount of our national debt.

And after September the 11th, the United States Congress also granted me additional authority to use military force against al Qaeda. . . .

Our long-term security depends on our deep faith in liberty. And we'll continue to promote freedom around the world.

If you read with empathy what Lincoln went through, then you realize what you're going through is nothing compared to what he went through.