[Saddam] built up a massive war machine while neglecting the basic needs of his own people.

I'm forever a former president and I understand that, but at this point in my post-presidency, I don't want to be involved with politics.

Forms of government matter, in my opinion. It matters how -- the nature of the government in which people live.

We had a shared experience. That makes a good marriage better. In many ways our marriage is great because she has made it great.

Let me put it to you this way, I am not a revengeful person.

If you believe that the job of the federal government is to secure this country, it's really important for you to understand that success in Iraq is part of securing the country.

And I am an optimistic person. I guess if you want to try to find something to be pessimistic about, you can find it, no matter how hard you look, you know?