We have set out to promote the work of community and faith-based charities. Government cannot be replaced by charities, but it can welcome them as partners instead of resenting them as rivals.

Americans understand we fight not a religion; ours is not a campaign against the Muslim faith. Ours is a campaign against evil.

I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese - that meant that they weren't very effective.

I don't make any apologies for what I do on the campaign trail.

In this global war against extremists who use murder as a weapon, Iraq is now the central front.

The worst of Nature brings out the best in our fellow human beings.

I'm absolutely confident that the actions we took in Iraq are influencing reformers and freedom lovers in the greater Middle East. And I believe that you're going to see the rise of democracy in many countries in the broader Middle East, which will lay the foundation for peace.