We're here to proclaim a victory. We're here, not to wallow in tragedy, but to celebrate a triumph of the human spirit.

Our hearts and deepest sympathies go out to the families affected by this tragedy. We are stunned by this senseless act of violence, which has taken a great man and friend of our family.

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

We've changed in the sense that we flipped - and this is no longer the Republican party of Lincoln. This is the party of suppression.

Everybody in America has been dependent on the government at some time. We owe everybody in America the right to vote and access to capital. What I say is, let's make America work, let's make democracy and free enterprise work for everybody.

Everything that has happened in my life is because of good government and because the United States of America was the greatest nation on the face of the earth.