There is a difference between responsible criticism that aims for success and defeatism that refuses to acknowledge anything but failure. Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy.

We will allow private and religious groups to compete to provide services in every federal, state and local social program.

I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.

If you don't stand for anything, you don't stand for anything!

Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. And even after nearly 225 years, we have a long way yet to travel.

It's my first trip as president of the United States.

Hindsight alone is not wisdom. And second-guessing is not a strategy.