I like the job. That's what I'll miss the most... I'm not sure anybody ever liked this as much as I've liked it.

I don't think I would have become President if it were not for my school music program.

It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is.

With almost no time to decide, they [your loved ones] gave the entire country an incalculable gift. They saved the capitol from attack. They saved God knows how many lives. They saved the terrorists from claiming the symbolic victory of smashing the center of American government. And they did it as citizens. They allowed us to survive as a country that could fight terror and still maintain liberty and still welcome people from all over the world from every religion and race and culture as long as they shared our values, because ­ordinary people given no time at all to decide did the right thing.

I want American Dream growth - lots of new businesses, well-paying jobs, and American leadership in new industries, like clean energy and biotechnology.

There is nothing more precious to a parent than a child, and nothing more important to our future than the safety of all our children.

People should really take care when they vote, and pay more attention to what people say they're going to do - instead of just how they feel about how things are going.