And after September the 11th, the United States Congress also granted me additional authority to use military force against al Qaeda. . . .

A number of people walk up to me and say, "You're much taller than I thought."

Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent.

And one thing we want during this war on terror is for people to feel like their life's moving on, that they're able to make a living and send their kids to college and put more money on the table.

It was a privilege to be president and it is a privilege to be a former president and I believe that I have got a chance to be a part of something that is influential - but not for my sake, but for the sake of people dying in Africa or people worried about a free society in their countries or people who wonder whether there will be a free market.

I am very comfortable with the strategic decisions that I made.

I think that the vice president is a person reflecting a half-glass-full mentality.