It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency.

One thing you had to learn [after the presidency] was that you no longer had the sense of responsibility that became ingrained in your system.

I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Chanukah.

It is no accident that the rise of so many democracies took place in a time when the world's most influential nation was itself a democracy.

It's kind of the Washington, D.C., chattering class. They kind of talk amongst themselves.

One of the things that I will have ended my public service time with is a group of friends, a lot of friends. And I want to stay in touch with them and there's no better way to communicate with them than through email.

On September 11 2001, America felt its vulnerability even to threats that gather on the other side of the Earth. We resolved then, and we are resolved today, to confront every threat from any source that could bring sudden terror and suffering to America.