We've got a cultural issue in America. We've got to change the whole way the issue is looked at. That's the mission. Some in the political process don't have enough patience for that, and I probably don't either.

I've changed my style somewhat, as you know. I'm less - I pontificate less, although it may be hard to tell it from this show. And I'm more interacting with people.

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.

Hindsight alone is not wisdom. And second-guessing is not a strategy.

After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.

We are not at war with the Afghani people, and we are not at war with Islam, which most Americans respect as a religion of peace.

I understand politics and I know there's gonna be a lot of verbage.