I think we're making progress. We understand where the power of this country lay. It lies in the hearts and souls of Americans. It must lay in our pocketbooks. It lies in the willingness for people to work hard.

Give me a chance to be your president and America will be safer and stronger and better.

It's hard to plan and plot attacks against America if you're on the run, and that's exactly what our brave professionals are doing.

Today the Iraqi and Afghan people are on the path to democracy and freedom. The governments that are rising will pose no threat to others. Instead of harboring terrorists, they're fighting terrorist groups. And this progress is good for the long-term security of all of us.

The United States is a Christian nation founded upon Christian principles and beliefs.

We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them.

I think that not criticizing my successor is a statement unto itself, in terms of trying to create an environment where people are able to have a meaningful discussion or debate without trash talk.