[Americans know] the traditional values of Islam, devotion to faith and good works, to family and society, are in harmony with the best of American ideals.

Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.

I believe we can do much more to adapt to the structural changes in the global economy, get high-end manufacturing back here, set up clusters of economic activity where you have, among other things, continuous retraining of people well into their middle years so they never become irrelevant to the current job market.

People will vote for someone who [they perceive] is strong and wrong before they will vote for someone who appears weak but is right.

We have the most religious freedom of any country in the world, including the freedom not to believe.

Only a fool does not look to explain his mistakes.

In our efforts to battle terrorism and cyber attacks and biological weapons, all of us must be extremely aggressive. We must protect our people from danger and keep America safe and free.