Scott McClellan Quotes

"The president is concerned about his health situation. He is a courageous leader who has taken some bold steps to help advance peace in the Middle East."

"There is a deep history of injustice that has led to poverty and inequality, and it will not be overcome instantly, ... But the president from day one has been acting boldly to achieve real results for all Americans."

"From reading the excerpts, it appears to offer some interesting perspectives on recent history. And as time goes by and as we continue to reflect on history, I'm sure there are going to be a lot of other perspectives and insights offered, as well."

"This is a historic moment in the history of Iraq. It is a hopeful moment for the entire region."

"We'll see, but given their history you can understand why we remain skeptical."

"All of us here serve at the pleasure of the president. And that's important to keep in mind."

"[Even then, aides said yesterday that the president intended to elevate Roberts to chief justice whenever the job came open.] This had been something in the back of the president's mind in case such a scenario came into being, if the chief justice had retired, ... The president, when he met with [Roberts], knew he was a natural-born leader."

"That's what the Justice Department did; we were not involved in it."

"Our military goes out of the way to target the enemy and to bring to justice the terrorists and those who are seeking to prevent democracy from taking hold through violent means."

"This administration acted quickly, and our military acted quickly, to hold people to account and bring them to justice, and to also take steps to prevent something like that from happening again."

"We urge all Iraqis to show restraint in the wake of this tragedy and to pursue justice in accordance with the laws and constitution of Iraq. Violence can only contribute to what the terrorists sought to achieve by this act."

"The president intends to underscore his personal support for their efforts to seek justice for the disappeared, as well as for all those who seek to return freedom to Belarus."

"who will interpret law and not make law from the bench."

"Texas law has many safeguards in place to prevent someone who is not competent from even going to trial, much less being executed."

"That was what was arranged with the local law enforcement authorities. You ought to ask them that question."

"The two leaders will also discuss a range of other bilateral and regional issues."

"It's up to the Iraqi people to choose who their leaders are."

"Primarily, they talked about the increased border violence, and the two leaders talked about the importance of working together to improve our border security and stop the violence."

"They were offered the same kind of access that congressional leaders, who are responsible for oversight of these matters, have been provided. Yet they declined to go."

"We support improving and reforming the CFIUS process and so we're engaging congressional leaders on that important issue and we're looking at ideas."