One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

Having purpose. I had purpose during my presidency, and I've got purpose after my presidency.

I believe that marriage has served society well, and I believe it is important to affirm that, that marriage between a man and a woman is the ideal. And the job of the President is to drive policy toward the ideal.

Ultimately, success is going to be up to the reformers, just like in Iraq. It's going to require Iraqis, the will of Iraqis to succeed. I understand that. And that's why our strategy is to give them the tools necessary to defend themselves and help them defend themselves; in this case right now mainly in Baghdad, but as well around the country.

Our security is assured by our perseverance and by our sure belief in the success of liberty.

I would like people to understand the rationale for my embryonic stem cell research decision and how the process became distorted over time.

The strategic objective is to help Iraq government succeed.That's the strategic and not only to help the government the reformers in Iraq succeed, but to help the reformers across the region succeed to fight off the elements of extremism.