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.

War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict was begun on the timing and terms of others. It will end in a way, and at an hour, of our choosing.

Not far from here where we gather today is a symbol of freedom familiar to all Americans -- the Liberty Bell. When the Declaration of Independence was first read in public, the Liberty Bell was sounded in celebration, and a witness said: "It rang as if it meant something."

Some call this civil war; others call it emergency -- I call it pure evil.

Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.

Either well succeed, or we wont succeed. And the definition of success as I described is sectarian violence down. Success is not no violence.

The regime must allow immediate and unrestricted access to every site, every document, and every person identified by inspectors. Iraq can be certain that the old game of cheat-and-retreat tolerated at other times will no longer be tolerated.