“I understand small business growth. I was one.”

“Barney spotted our neighbor's lawn, where he promptly took care of his business. There I was, the former president of the United States, with a plastic bag on my hand, picking up that which I had been dodging for the past eight years.”

“I fully understand those who say you can't win this thing militarily. That's exactly what the United States military says, that you can't win this military.”

“One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected.”

“The bill Congress sent me would take away one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror...so today I vetoed it”

“Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country."(Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 6 September, 2004)”

“We spent time on Burma and the need for the military regime there to understand that they shouldn't fear the voices of people. And yet they do.”