So long as I'm the president, my measure of success is victory -- and success.

The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got.

I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese - that meant that they weren't very effective.

Our security is assured by our perseverance and by our sure belief in the success of liberty.

I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office.

Those who make war against the United States have chosen their own destruction.

One thing you had to learn [after the presidency] was that you no longer had the sense of responsibility that became ingrained in your system.