It is no accident that the rise of so many democracies took place in a time when the world's most influential nation was itself a democracy.

Ultimately, success is going to be up to the reformers, just like in Iraq. It's going to require Iraqis, the will of Iraqis to succeed. I understand that. And that's why our strategy is to give them the tools necessary to defend themselves and help them defend themselves; in this case right now mainly in Baghdad, but as well around the country.

The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons.

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

I've watched politics for years. Republicans rarely get credit for the good things that happen in the economy during their watch. Democrats always get more credit than they deserve. They are just better at political discourse that we are.

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Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.