We don't get what we deserve. We get what we BELIEVE we deserve.
The best way to defeat an ideology is with a better ideology. And I believe democracy is a better ideology.
Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.
If you believe that the job of the federal government is to secure this country, it's really important for you to understand that success in Iraq is part of securing the country.
I faced a lot of criticism as president. I didn't like hearing people claim that I lied about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction or cut taxes to benefit the rich. But the suggestion that I was racist because of the response to Katrina represented an all-time low.
If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.
Americans practice different faiths in churches, synagogues, mosques and temples. And many good people practice no faith at all.
There is a point of no return after which warming becomes unstoppable - and we are probably going to sail right through it. It is the point at which anthropogenic (human-caused) warming triggers huge releases of carbon dioxide from warming oceans, or similar releases of both carbon dioxide and methane from melting permafrost, or both. Most climate scientists think that point lies not far beyond 2. 0°C (3. 6°F) C hotter.
Every person born in this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
The worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.
So long as we need to control other people, however benign our motives, we are captive to that need. In giving them freedom, we free ourselves.