"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of big numbers in it."

"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literary test."

"It's clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas."

"Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment."

"Natural gas is hemisheric. I like to call it hemispheric because it is a product that we can find in our neighbourhoods."

"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating."

"Rarely is the question asked: is our children learning?"

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."

"I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and the legislative. I assured all four of these leaders that I know the difference, and that difference is they pass the laws and I execute them."

"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and a child."

"I have made good judgements in the past. I have made good judgements in the future."

"Welcome to Mrs. Bush, my fellow astronauts."