As the president, you're pretty much in a bubble. And golf is a good way to get out of the bubble.

[The economic crisis ] gave people the option to put money into private accounts.

We've come to know truths that we will never question: evil is real, and it must be opposed.

The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We've removed an ally of al Qaeda.

I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.

Do you realize we've got 250 million years of coal? But coal has got environmental hazards to it, but there's-I'm convinced, and I know that we-technology can be developed so we can have zero-emissions coal-fired electricity plants.

On September 11 2001, America felt its vulnerability even to threats that gather on the other side of the Earth. We resolved then, and we are resolved today, to confront every threat from any source that could bring sudden terror and suffering to America.