You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.

So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you're dealt?

Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.

No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn't find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do.

I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.

Bring them on.

For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.

There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.

The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants.

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own.

The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend.

Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.

The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear - and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.

Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.

I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.

I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.

I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.

The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.

Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.

Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.

This young century will be liberty's century.

Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.

Look, when you're the president, there's all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it's just the nature of the job.

So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all right, you're free to do the dishes.' So I say, 'You're talking to the former president, baby,' and she said, 'consider this your new domestic policy agenda.'

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive.

The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

This way of life is worth defending.

The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

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.

Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called "walking."

America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.

I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.

One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell.

We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace.

I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call 'the swamp.' And the other reason why is I don't think it's good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama's got plenty of critics - and I'm just not gonna be one.

After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.

Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.

The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.

We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.

Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States.