I made friends during my presidency.

Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.

The great thing about America is everybody should vote.

This is my maiden voyage. My first speech since I was the president of the United States and I couldn't think of a better place to give it than Calgary, Canada.

[I was raised in] West Texas where people can dream big dreams and achieve them. But where people also have a great sense of community. They cared about their neighbors. And those values, I think, have stood me well.

Iraq is a very important part of securing the homeland, and its a very important part of helping change the Middle East into a part of the world that will not serve as a threat to the civilized world, to people like - or to the developed world, to people like - in the United States.

The decisions we make in Washington have a direct impact on the people in our country, obviously.