Civilized people - Muslims, Christians and Jews - all understand that the source of freedom and human dignity is the Creator.

This view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers.

Unique among the nations, America recognized the source of our character as being godly and eternal, not being civic and temporal. And because we have understood that our source is eternal, America has been different. We have no king but Jesus.

The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States

[The war on terrorism isn't a religious war, but] a defense of our right to make moral choices, to seek fellowship with God that is chosen and not commanded.

People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists.

All of us want to have meaning in our lives and want to feel like we're doing something that makes a difference. I believe we're doing that in the Justice Department.