I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.

As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.

The thing I miss about Air Force One is they don't lose my luggage.

I have just repeated word for word the oath taken by George Washington 200 years ago, and the Bible on which I placed my hand is the Bible on which he placed his. It is right that the memory of Washington be with us today, not only because this is our Bicentennial Inauguration, but because Washington remains the Father of our Country.

May God bless those who died and bless their families. With regards, George Bush.

I'm the one who will not raise taxes. My opponent now says he'll raise them as a last resort, or a third resort. But when a politician talks like that, you know that's one resort he'll be checking into. My opponent, my opponent won't rule out raising taxes. But I will. And The Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no. And they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say, to them, Read my lips: no new taxes.

I think 9/11 guaranteed that national security is going to be in the forefront of every election.