The Lesson Of September The 11th Is:

For Most Of The World, There's No Greater Symbol Of America Than The Statue Of Liberty. It Has Been An Inspiration To Generations Of Immigrants. One Of These Immigrants Was A Poet-writer Named Ameen Rihani. Gazing At Her Lamp Held High, He Wondered Whether Her Sister Might Be Erected In The Lands Of His Arab Forefathers. Here Is How He Put It: "when Will You Turn Your Face Toward The East, Oh Liberty?"

God Told Me To Strike At Al Qaeda And I Struck Them; Then He Instructed Me To Strike At Saddam, Which I Did.

Well, I'm Reading About The Battle Of New Orleans Right Now. I've Got An Eclectic Reading List.

We Will Keep A Commitment To Pluralism And Not Discriminate For Or Against Methodist Or Mormons Or Muslims Or Good People With No Faith At All.

A Dictatorship Would Be A Heck Of A Lot Easier, There's No Question About It. Dealing With Congress Is A Matter Of Give And Take. The President Doesn't Get Everything He Wants, The Congress Doesn't Get Everything They Want. But We're Finding Good Common Ground.