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.

This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses.

Iraq and Afghanistan are now democracies and they are allies in the cause of freedom and peace.

No President has ever done more for human rights than I have.

First of all, you never retire. At least I don't retire.

The best thing about my family is my wife. She is a great first lady. I know that sounds not very objective, but that's how I feel. And she's also patient. Putting up with me requires a lot of patience.

I do not like abortions. I will do everything in my power to restrict abortion.