And I strongly support the faith-based initiative that we're proposing, because I don't believe it violates the line between the separation of church and state, and I believe it's going to make America a better place.

We have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil... The best way to break this addiction is through technology.

Freedom of action in space is as important to the United States as air power and sea power.

I wanted to come to Washington, D.C. and help be a transformative President. And I think history, when they look back, will say this is a fellow who knew how to make decisions, and made some tough ones, stood by them, wasn't driven by the latest opinion poll, but was driven by some core principles from which he would not deviate.

I think we need not only to eliminate the tollbooth to the middle class, I think we should knock down the tollbooth.

Faith gives the assurance that our lives and our history have a moral design.

I believe that freedom is the deepest need of every human soul.