We really don't need the United Nations approval to act. When it comes to our security, we do not need anyones permission.

Life really is a series of contrasts.

I got a lot of Ph.D.-types and smart people around me who come into the Oval Office and say, 'Mr. President, here's what's on my mind.' And I listen carefully to their advice. But having gathered the device, I decide, you know, I say, 'This is what we're going to do.'

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

I fully understand it's important to maintain the separation of church and state. We don't want the state to become the church, nor do we want the church to become the state.

I'd also remind people, if I were running for Presidency, that a long-term problem facing the budget is Social Security and Medicare.

Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, while an unelected few repress the Iranian people's hope for freedom. The Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax, and nerve gas, and nuclear weapons for over a decade. This is a regime that has already used poison gas to murder thousands of its own citizens - leaving the bodies of mothers huddled over their dead children.