I wish I wasn't the war president. Who in the heck wants to be a war president? I don't.

I view my time in politics as a chapter, not my life.

Something that is completely unwinnable. I mean, it becomes unwinnable if we decide to leave [Afghanistan].

What our enemies have begun, we will finish.

My advice to seniors - and I consider myself one - is to first and foremost take care of your body. Secondly, find something where you could say, "I'm helping somebody else." And it may be just helping raise a grandkid. Or teaching a child to read - one child to read.

I think I'm the only president other than John Kennedy who had both parents alive during the presidency.

I'm joyful in my religious belief.