The ideals that bind us together are as old as our nation, but so are the forces that pull us apart.

Sharing in God's blessings is at the heart of Thanksgiving and at the core of the American spirit.

A man is more than the sum of all the things he can do.

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

An innocent bureaucratic snafu.

When you get asked hundreds of questions, it's not possible to remember the answer to every one.

I did attempt to find out if there were any secret government documents that revealed things. If there were, they were concealed from me too. And if there were, well I wouldn't be the first American president that underlings have lied to, or that career bureaucrats have waited out. But there may be some career person sitting around somewhere, hiding these dark secrets, even from elected presidents. But if so, they successfully eluded me...and I'm almost embarrassed to tell you I did (chuckling) try to find out.