Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a changing world.

People want to see other people who have 'non-negotiables,' things for which they're willing to say, 'This is it' we take our stand right here.' That's a leadership quality which people respect.

We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things that will elevate our security, reduce the risk of the incidence of terrorist attack

If America is to be great in the future, it will be if we understand that our source is not civic and temporal, but our source is godly and eternal.

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.

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

The FBI. is a massive culture. It's been a culture that served America well, and it's been focused on prosecution. But what we need in terms of terrorism is prevention.