For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.

I repeat to you-my own view is, is that if a State-if people decide to-what they do in the privacy of their house, consenting adults should be able to do. This is America. It's a free society, but it doesn't mean we have to redefine traditional marriage.

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

We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us.

Our Nation's founding commitment is still our deepest commitment: In our world, and here at home, we will extend the frontiers of freedom.

Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.

We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans, and confront the worst threats before they emerge.