[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.

It appears that some school officials, teachers, and parents have assumed that religious expression of any type is either inappropriate or forbidden altogether in public schools; however, nothing in the First Amendment converts our public schools into religion-free zones.

I will never let Israel down.

Effort, not ability, makes the biggest difference in achievement.

If you want to be forgiven, you have to extend forgiveness, even to people who aren't smart enough to ask for it.

The first thing I had to start with was, you know, we don't have a war. We don't have a depression, we don't have a Cold War.

President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. Listen to me, now. No president - no president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years.