[My father] taught me (at least he showed me) a dignified way to be a former president is that once you're off the stage, you're off the stage.

Iraq will succeed because the Iraqis will see to it that they succeed. And our job is to help them succeed. That's our job.

My hope was that by saying clearly to Saddam Hussein, "we're going to enforce UN Resolutions," that he would make the decision to leave peaceably and at least allow for inspectors to come into his country, and if he chose not to, there would be a military option. I want people to understand that the military was my last option. I had a strategy and hopefully solving the problem peacefully - and it wasn't just me, it was a coalition of nations that were involved.

The best way to fight evil is to do some good. Let me qualify that—the best way to fight evil at home is to do some good. The best way to fight them abroad is to unleash the military.

I take personal responsibility for everything I say.

I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.

Men are like bank accounts. Without a lot of money they don't generate a lot of interest.