If we have to go to war, we will.

The critics don't build great cities

Don't believe everything that you read in the newspapers.

A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack.

Victory is the only option. And we will be victorious in Iraq.

The U.N. can meet and discuss, but we don't need their permission.

Many trees planted around a home reduce the need for air conditioning.

From a marketing point of view, you don't introduce new products in August.

I have flown ValuJet. ValuJet is a safe airline, as is our entire aviation system.

Its important not to focus so much on the statistics, but [on people's] perceptions.

You shouldn't presume that all quotes that are in a magazine or a newspaper are accurate.

The last time we raised the gas tax, which is how we built the interstate system, was 1993.

Saying sulfates do not cause acid rain is the same as saying that smoking does not cause lung cancer.

Well, paycheck protection is an important ingredient for a successful campaign finance reform measure.

There are over 100 entities in the federal government that have something to do with homeland security.

Victory is the most important aspect in Iraq, because victory in Iraq will help us have victory in the War on Terror.

Last time Congress passed a major six-year transportation bill was in 1997, since then there have been 21 short-term extensions.

We have to get out of the mind-set of saying, "No matter how hard we try, we will have accidents," and into "We will not have accidents."

A shortage of airports runways and gates along outmoded air traffic control systems have made U.S. air travel the most congested in the world.

Kyoto was a flawed process. There isn't one industrialized country around the world that has ratified that treaty, and so that is a non-starter.

My children and grandchildren loved the secret servicemen and women that served us. I was honoured that they thought I was important enough to protect.

The top priority is leaving no child behind. We want accountability in the system, and we want schools to recognize they have a responsibility to teach students.

People across America who value bicycling should have a voice when it comes to transportation planning. This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized.

I do not underestimate the difficulty of the challenge that global climate change presents to us. It will take a significant effort and the best talent and technology we have to solve the problem.

She's leaving when the president has one of the highest approval ratings on record. From here, it can only go down. And when it does, you know who they're going to blame. They're gonna blame Andy Card!

What Lincoln did is he gathered people around him the way that I believe President Obama is doing by calling Republicans, talking to them, trying to work with them. And when that happens, big things get solved.

Liveability means being able to take your kids to school, go to work, see a doctor, drop by the grocery or Post Office, go out to dinner and a movie, and play with your kids at the park - all without having to get in your car.

Public spending on infrastructure has fallen to its lowest level since 1947. And the U.S., which used to have the finest infrastructure in the world, is now ranked 16th according to the World Economic Forum, behind Iceland, Spain, Portugal and the United Arab Emirates.

Scholarships that allow students to get a good education are important, but first we want to measure the progress that the schools are teaching our students, we want to hold them accountable for the progress, we want to hold the schools accountable for teaching the young people in America.

The Chinese are more successful [in building infrastructure] because in their country, only three people make the decision. ... In a country where only three people make the decision, they can decide where to put their rail line, get the money, and do it. We don't do it that way in America.

Portal Bridge is based on a design from the 1840s and was already obsolete shortly after it was completed in 1910. It's a swing bridge that needs to be opened several times a week so barges can pass up and down the river. It takes about a half an hour. The problem is it fails to lock back into place on a regular basis.

The Oval Office symbolizes…the Constitution, the hopes and dreams, and I’m going to say democracy. And when you have a dress code in the Supreme Court and a dress code on the floor of the Senate, floor of the House, I think it’s appropriate to have an expectation that there will be a dress code that respects the office of the President.

The Oval Office symbolizes... the Constitution, the hopes and dreams, and I'm going to say democracy. And when you have a dress code in the Supreme Court and a dress code on the floor of the Senate, floor of the House, I think it's appropriate to have an expectation that there will be a dress code that respects the office of the President.

The Bush administration, they had two blue ribbon commissions about infrastructure finance that recommended a lot more money, and additionally the gas tax being increased. We couldn't get them to accept being able to move forward. Since President Obama's been in office, there has been, to be charitable, a lack of enthusiasm for raising the gas tax.

He had a vision for changing our Medicare system, for bringing more people into the reality that our government should be a partner in preventing people from getting sick ... and that was part of our motivation for changing the Medicare system, and we are in the midst of a revolution in Medicare that will, for many, many generations have real results that will be good for America and good for American citizens.

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