The future success of our nation depends on our ability to understand the difference between right and wrong and to have the strength of character to make the right choices.

I think it's very important for the American president to mean what he says. That's why I understand that the enemy could misread what I say. That's why I try to be as clearly as I can.

I'm a uniter not a divider. That means when it comes time to sew up your chest cavity, we use stitches as opposed to opening it up.

As yesterday's positive report card shows, childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured. —New York, Sept. 26, 2007

I believe that people want to be free. And that we face an enemy that murders innocent people to try to shake our psychology to get us to leave.

We had a shared experience. That makes a good marriage better. In many ways our marriage is great because she has made it great.

The students at Yale came from all different backgrounds and all parts of the country. Within months, I knew many of them.