I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind.

Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time everywhere

I don't know, maybe I made it up. Anyway, it's an arbo-tree-ist, somebody who knows about trees.

I'm also honored to be here with the speaker of the House - just happens to be from the state of Illinois. I'd like to describe the speaker as a trustworthy man. He's the kind of fellow who says when he gives you his word he means it. Sometimes that doesn't happen all the time in the political process.

After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.

When a drug comes in from Canada, I wanna make sure it cures ya, not kill ya... I've got an obligation to make sure our government does everything we can to protect you. And one - my worry is that it looks like it's from Canada, and it might be from a third world.

I ended up being the 43rd president of the United States. It was an awesome experience, and I'm glad I did it.