I think there is some methodology in my travels.

Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self.

There is no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland.

The challenge in Iraq is to provide a security plan such that a political process can go forward. I'm sure you all are tired of hearing me say 12 million Iraqi voted. But it's an indication about the desire for people to live in a free society. That's what that means. The only way to defeat Al Qaida ideology in the long term is to defeat it through another ideology, a competing ideology, one that - where government responds to the will of the people.

Removing Saddam Hussein was the right decision early in my presidency, it is the right decision now, and it will be the right decision ever.

By heritage and by choice, the United States of America will make that stand.

I feel a sense of obligation to our troops and their families because of the decisions that I made. So I'm involved with veterans.