The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth; yet we can pray that all are safely home.

Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

Freedom is not our gift to the world it is God's gift to humanity.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students, I say, you too can be president of the United States.

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.

I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.

Have you ever met a dragon that couldn't talk?

Let no guilty man escape if it can be avoided. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

If everything seems to be the same and no distinctions are made, then we won't know what to protect. We won't know what to fight for.

I am very proud of my nerd-dom.

Animals may be our friends, but they won't pick you up at the airport.

Religion and science have always been matters of faith in something. It is the same something.

By revolution we become more ourselves, not less.

In the instant of our first breath, we are infused with the single greatest force in the universe--the power to translate the possibilities of our minds into the reality of our world.

I believe that Christianity trains black people, especially black women, to think like slaves, and I believe that Islam is mainly fueled by its hatred for women.

The truth is that I am not a frump... I just enjoy being laid back.