Together, we'll build a far better future for America -- a future of growth, opportunity, and security, anchored by the values of a people who are confident, compassionate, and whose heart is good.

Politics is, for me, forgive and -as you may have heard- sometimes forget.

The American taxing structure, the purpose of which was to serve the people, began instead to serve the insatiable appetite of government. If you will forgive me, you know someone has once likened government to a baby. It is an alimentary canal with an appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

I like photographers - you don't ask questions. (To a gathering of the White House News Photographers Association)

If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.

How can a president not be an actor?

We intend to keep the peace - we will also keep our freedom.