There is no bigger judgment for a president of the United States than how you take a nation to war.

I believe America's best days are ahead of us because I believe that the future belongs to freedom, not to fear.

What we Americans need to do is respect that incredible blessing that we have as a nation and make sure that we are leading in the best ways possible.

My friends, that's trickle-down economics, and I believe every worker in America is tired of being trickled on by George W. Bush

Assassination, kidnappings and suicide attacks have become too much the standard operating procedure in the Islamic world. So much so that the name of Islam itself has been diminished in the eyes of many people. It is the responsibility of all of us, and particularly those in the Islamic world who care about their religion, to rescue it from its increased association with violence.

Bush-McCain stategy in Iraq is policy to stay, not to win.

When I was in Vietnam I learned a lot about the promises that soldiers make to each other. The Marines have a promise to never leave behind their dead. In this country, as citizen soldiers, we need to make the commitment to each other that we will never leave our veterans behind.