In terms of trying to re-create an image, I think that's a waste of time. I have no interest in doing that. The decisions I made are done.

I'm a war president. I make decisions here in the Oval Office in foreign policy matters with war on my mind.

I think for Laura [Bush] it was kind of a sense of remorse because she is very close to the girls. They're busy little souls, and so we don't see them as much as we'd like to. But Laura talks to them all the time.

I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf.

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.

The interesting thing about golf is that the presidency requires focus and discipline, and golf requires focus and discipline. It was a way to make sure that parts of my life were focused and disciplined.

I believe that freedom is the deepest need of every human soul.