The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.

People have access to health care in America. After all, you just go to an emergency room.

Any outlaw regime that has ties to terrorist groups or seeks to possess weapons of mass destruction is a grave danger to the civilised world and will be confronted.

Are the peoples of the Middle East somehow beyond the reach of liberty? Are millions of men and women and children condemned by history or culture to live in despotism? Are they alone never to know freedom and never even to have a choice in the matter?

The cornerstone of our policy in that part of the world is to help democracies. Lebanon's a democracy. We want the Siniora government to succeed.

One principle is the universality of freedom. I'm a freedom lover.

Liberty can change habits.