The economy is growing, productivity is high, trade is up, people are working. It's not as good as we'd like, but -- and to the extent that we find weakness, we'll move.

All Americans must recognize that the face of terror is not the true faith - face of Islam. Islam is a faith that brings comfort to a billion people around the world. It's a faith that has made brothers and sisters of every race. It's a faith based upon love, not hate.

Free market capitalism is far more than economic theory. It is the engine of social mobility-the highway to the American Dream.

I believe that democracy will prevail, so long as the United States stays with these young democracies to help them.

In order for the U.N. to be effective, there must be consequences if people thumb their nose at the United Nations Security Council. And we will work with people on the Security Council to achieve that objective.

There is only one course of action against terrorists: to defeat them abroad before they attack us at home.

For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times.