America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

This young century will be liberty's century.

We spend less time with each other now than we did during the presidency. When you're president, you're usually out and back in the same day - at least I was. I just came from a trip to the Middle East last week, where I was gone for five nights, and when I left, Laura [Bush] was out of town.

If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it.

There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it.

Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called 'walking.'

I want the Iraqis to understand that we are with them and that they have to make tough decisions, and we'll help them make those tough decisions for this country, for this democracy to survive. And they've made some tough decisions.