Half of the interview is substantive and half of it I think is sizing the person up.

You have to maintain your principles but have a broader appeal.

We must create a [economic] crisis in order to ensure that there is no alternative to a smaller government.

I've always believed that if you support reform or you support a particular idea that you ought to fund that idea first and not the system.

I reject the notion that a high turnout helps Senator Kerry. I think in Florida at least, it's going to help President Bush because we have gotten more registered voters than the Democrats, and our base is just fired up - thanks to your help and a lot of others.

It's a complex relationship when your dad happened to be president and you are president and then you have all the amateur psychology that goes on when people try to speculate about motivations.

But without a caring society, without each citizen voluntarily accepting the weight of responsibility, government is destined to grow even larger, taking more of your money, burrowing deeper into your lives.