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

I've been in the Bible every day since I've been the president.

America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment and expose the pretensions of tyrants and reward the hopes of the decent and tolerant. And that is the force of human freedom.

Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.

I was able to adjust initially by plunging right into the book and the Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University. And it turns out that there is a good way to make a living by giving speeches.

This thaw took a while to thaw, it's going to take a while to unthaw.