These people are trying to shake the will of the Iraqi citizens, and they want us to leave...I think the world would be better off if we did leave.

I don't particularly like it when people put words in my mouth, either, by the way, unless I say it.

I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don't think it's good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You're not going to see me giving my opinions in the public arena, until I start selling my book. I'm going to emerge then submerge.

It's kind of the Washington, D.C., chattering class. They kind of talk amongst themselves.

I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf.

I recognize I am essentially a failed human being in the sense that I can't possibly live up to the expectations of an Almighty.

All I can tell you is that I know the enemy, allies, and troops hear what I say.