But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their polling places and the poll workers they had.

An abusive relationship is worse than being in prison. I mean literally, not figuratively.

The greatest gift is the ability to forget - to forget the bad things and focus on the good.

In the middle of a recession, where we're just climbing out of it, where the economy -unemployment is still at 9.7 percent, the idea of raising taxes and reducing spending is a prescription for disaster.

One role of government is to go where venture capital won't.

I am very optimistic about - about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You're going to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government.

To me this is the first principle of life, the foundational principle, and a lesson you can't learn at the feet of any wise man: Get up! The art of living is simply getting up after you've been knocked down.