I hear a lot of talk about civil war. I'm concerned about that, of course. And I've talked to a lot of people about it. And what I've found from my talks are that the Iraqis want a unified country and that the Iraqi leadership is determined to thwart the efforts of the extremists and the radicals.

I wish I wasn't the war president. Who in the heck wants to be a war president? I don't.

I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be - hold hands.

I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese - that meant that they weren't very effective.

There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.

I don't read books, but I have friends who do.

It is clear that the future of freedom and peace depend on the actions of America. This nation is freedom's home. We are freedom's defender. We welcome this charge of history, and we are keeping it. The war on terror continues. The enemies of freedom are not idle. And neither are we. This country will not rest, we will not tire, we will not stop until this danger to civilization is removed.