I understand we got a lot of work to do, ... And I understand it seems dark right now. But by working together and pulling together and capturing that great spirit of our country, a great city will rise again.

Any first lady can do whatever they want to do. In this country, people expect them to work on whatever they want or to have a career of their own.

You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race when the time was right.

You know George doesn't like to think of his childhood home as historic yet.

Well, I'm obviously disappointed. I thought there were — I thought we'd find weapons of mass destruction, as did the world...On the other hand, I believe we made the right decision because Saddam Hussein was not only a tyrant, but he was a threat to world peace. He had the capacity to make weapons of mass destruction. Even though we hadn't found the weapons themselves, we certainly know he (had) the capacity.

Two-bit terrorists aren't going to prevent me from doing what we need to do, and that is to promote our friendship in the hemisphere, ... You bet I'm going.