"As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable."

"Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator - life, liberty and freedom."

"Well, purity - there's no purity in politics."

"If we want to secure the best jobs in the future, we must make America the best place in the world to do business."

"Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace."

"We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online."

"We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves."

"There is no gambling like politics."