You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

I served. And now it's time for the new man to serve. I have zero desire to be in the limelight.

I'm comfortable with how I lived my life as the president.

What our enemies have begun, we will finish.

As Governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards.

Deeply impressed with the blessing which we enjoy, and of which we have much manifold proofs, my mind is irresistibly drawn to that Almighty Being, the great source source from whence they proceed and whom our most grateful acknowledgements are due.