I think it's very important that we protect marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. I proposed a constitutional amendment. The reason I did so was because I was worried that activist judges are actually defining the definition of marriage. And the surest way to protect marriage between a man and woman is to amend the Constitution.

[People] don't judge you on what would have happened in the absence of a decision.

I think for Laura [Bush] it was kind of a sense of remorse because she is very close to the girls. They're busy little souls, and so we don't see them as much as we'd like to. But Laura talks to them all the time.

We think it is in our nation's interest that Afghan women - or any women around the world - not suffer.

We have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil... The best way to break this addiction is through technology.

We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives-like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and write.

Ours is a nation that does not seek revenge.