My God, the man is a fascist - a fascist, I tell you.

It is no accident that the rise of so many democracies took place in a time when the world's most influential nation was itself a democracy.

I understand I'm running against a person who is so anxious to become president, he will do whatever it takes.

I heard somebody say, 'Where's (Nelson) Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead. Because Saddam killed all the Mandelas. --George W. Bush, on the former South African president, who is still very much alive, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2007

You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.

It's exciting for me to see [Laura Bush] busy and out there enjoying what she's doing. But we always make time to be with each other as well.

We reflect on what has been lost and comfort those enduring a profound grief. And somehow we know that a brighter morning will come.