This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating.

I want to tell you how proud I am to be the President of a nation that - in which there's a lot of Philippine-Americans. They love America and they love their heritage. And I reminded the President that I am reminded of the great talent of the - of our Philippine-Americans when I eat dinner at the White House.

International law? I better call my lawyer; he didn't bring that up to me.

God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam [Hussein], which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them.

Too many of our children cannot read. Reading is the building block, and it must be the foundation for education reform.

Liberty can change habits.

I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things.