We go forward with complete confidence in the eventual triumph of freedom. Not because history runs on the wheels of inevitability; it is human choices that move events. Not because we consider ourselves a chosen nation; God moves and chooses as He wills.

No matter how advanced our economy might be, no matter how sophisticated our equipment becomes, for the foreseeable future we will still depend on fossil fuels.

I believe that God wants me to be president.

Some people are going to like the decisions I made, some people are not going to like the decisions that I made. That's just the way it is.

We know that men and women can be good without faith. We know that.

The bill Congress sent me would take away one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror... so today I vetoed it.

The days of discriminating against religious institutions simply because they are religious must come to an end.