The important thing here to understand is that the people that are at Guantanamo are bad people. I mean, these are terrorists for the most part.

I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.

Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many.

The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats.

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam Hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.

I worship the ground Paul Ryan walks on.

Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.

From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.

Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better.

I've been extraordinarily fortunate that I've been able to go live a very active, stressful life. And I don't believe that my heart disease changed me for the worst.

She loved our dad in the inexplicable way that young women sometimes idolize men who greet their affection with casual indifference.

But more importantly in my book of life, it's what you can't buy with money that is often more important than what you can buy.

The most admirable quality among people is when we pause and think of something to say, without ripping others to shreds (even if they deserved it).

My repertoire is small, but I can make a pretty tasty pasta sauce from scratch.

In Paris, our lives are one masked ball.

I don't wear a watch. How do I know my time? I find that someone will always tell me.

I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid.

Nobody ever completely means what they say. Even when they think they're telling the truth, there's always something hidden behind their words.

Cities that tend of have better schools for middle-income families, they tend to have much better prospects for kids moving up in the income distribution.

Once, when the days were ages, And the old Earth was young, The high gods and the sages From Nature's golden pages Her open secrets wrung.