It would send an unbelievably terrible signal to reformers across the region. It would say we've abandoned our desire to change the conditions that create terror. It would give the terrorists a safe haven from which to launch attacks. It would embolden Iran. It would embolden extremists. That's why we're not leaving Iraq.

We can have confidence in the long-term foundation of our economy ... I think the system basically is sound. I truly do.

I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind.

We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal also prevents an environmental challenge.

Time is passing...yet for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th.

We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers.

Compassionate conservative soft bigotry of low expectations.