My fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.

I hope I'm as graceful and gracious as [my parents] are. It's hard for me to project how I'm gonna be if I make it to 86.

I'm comfortable with time. Time will change.

The best way to defeat an ideology is with a better ideology. And I believe democracy is a better ideology.

I understand gas prices are like a hidden tax - not a hidden tax; it's taking money out of people's pockets. I know that.

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

I think that if you don't think we're in a war that you can't win the war.