I would have said yes to abortion if only it was right. I mean, yeah it's right. Well no it's not right that's why I said no to it.

I'm the only president who really put it out in the State of the Union and was very specific about how I felt we ought to do it.

The decisions I made are done. And history will judge whether or not they were correct. There's no such thing as accurate short-term history.

Except when you're marching to war, it's not a very optimistic thought, is it? In other words, it's the opposite of optimistic when you're thinking you're going to war.

You know, obviously I wish the violence would go down, but not as much as the Iraqi citizens would wish the violence would go down. But, incredibly enough, they showed great courage, and they want our help.

I am comfortable that the principles that I articulated were never compromised.

I said you were a man of peace. I want you to know I took immense crap for that.