I urge all Texans to answer the call to serve those in need. By volunteering their time, energy or resources to helping others, adults and youngsters follow Christ's message of love and service in thought and deed. Therefore I, George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, do hereby proclaim June 10, 2000, Jesus Day in Texas and urge the appropriate recognition whereof. In official recognition whereof, I hereby affix my signature this 17th day of March, 2000.

When you're writing about something that happened, it helps you transition to the present.

Our nation must come together to unite.

...The God I know is one that promotes peace and freedom. But I get great sustenance from my personal relationship. That doesn't make me think I'm a better person than you are, by the way. Because one of the great admonitions in the Good Book is, don't try to take a speck out of your eye if I've got a log in my own.

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.

Iraq has stockpiled biological and chemical weapons, and is rebuilding the facilities used to make more of those weapons.

I'm excited for my little girls. When they left the nest, I was excited because they were winging their way into life.