I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.

There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.

After the bombing, most Iraqis saw what the perpetuators of this attack were trying to do.

The United States does not torture.

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

Not far from here where we gather today is a symbol of freedom familiar to all Americans -- the Liberty Bell. When the Declaration of Independence was first read in public, the Liberty Bell was sounded in celebration, and a witness said: "It rang as if it meant something."

I was able to adjust initially by plunging right into the book and the Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University. And it turns out that there is a good way to make a living by giving speeches.