I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Chanukah.

The only way we can win is if we leave before the job is...done.

The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.

Wall Street got drunk and now it's got a hangover. And the question is, how long will it sober up and not try to do those fancy financial instruments?

If I look back to when I was 20 and somebody said you'd be president, I would have said no way.

I'm telling you there's an enemy that would like to attack America, Americans, again. There just is. That's the reality of the world. And I wish him all the very best.

I've directed the full resources of our intelligence and law enforcement communities to find those responsible and bring them to justice. We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them.