For decades, the public school system failed too many children, so we passed the No Child Left Behind Act and demanded schools show results in return for money.

What Texans can dream, Texans can do.

I hear a lot of talk about civil war. I'm concerned about that, of course. And I've talked to a lot of people about it. And what I've found from my talks are that the Iraqis want a unified country and that the Iraqi leadership is determined to thwart the efforts of the extremists and the radicals.

I think that not criticizing my successor is a statement unto itself, in terms of trying to create an environment where people are able to have a meaningful discussion or debate without trash talk.

We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them.

Usama bin Laden feels like Iraq is a part of this War on Terror. He has made it clear that he would like for us to leave before Iraq can defend itself or govern itself and sustain itself, so that he could have a safe haven from which to launch further attacks, a safe haven from which to topple modern governments, a safe haven from which to, you know, be able to get a hold of oil resources.

I'm going to put people in my place, so when the history of this administration is written at least there's an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened.