These young Americans sent a message to terrorists everywhere. . . . You can run but you can't hide.

When a business or an individual spends more than it makes, it goes bankrupt. When government does it, it sends you the bill. And when government does it for 40 years, the bill comes in two ways: higher taxes and inflation. Make no mistake about it, inflation is a tax and not by accident.

The Bible can touch our hearts, order our minds, refresh our souls.

Well, the task I've set forth will long outlive our own generation. But together, we too have come through the worst. Let us now begin a major effort to secure the best- a crusade for freedom that will engage the faith and fortitude of the next generation. For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny.

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

The White House is the leakiest place I've ever been in. (On special measures to ensure secrecy of plans to bomb Libya)

I'll be like Scarlett O'Hara-I'll think about it tomorrow.