Reinvention means you're kind of re-creating somebody. Well, I'm the same person, in terms of values. My priorities - my faith, my family, my friends, the values of personal responsibility and universality of freedom, and "to whom much is given, much is required" - haven't changed [since presidency].

Freedom of action in space is as important to the United States as air power and sea power.

”I favor leaving up to a woman and her doctor the abortion question.”

The United States and rich countries cannot change Africa from within. It has to impose reform on Africa; it has to come from within.

If you take all the food aid, America is by far the most generous country. If you take the direct aid, we're very generous. But when you add on our private contributions - see, our tax system encourages private citizens to donate to organisations that, for example, help the folks in Africa. And when you take the combined effort of US taxpayers' money plus US citizens' donations, we're very generous. And we'll do more.

You know, I guess I'm like any other political figure: Everybody wants to be loved.

It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life.