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You know, one of the things I think you understand as president is you're held responsible for everything, but you don't always have control of everything, right?

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[My father] taught me (at least he showed me) a dignified way to be a former president is that once you're off the stage, you're off the stage.

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Mr President, I have decided not to speak the entire speech which I have.

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I want a president who can handle a cream soda.

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When I talk about the assets, that was at the beginning of the talks. I was president then. I'm not president now. When I said it, this would be a sign of goodwill to begin the talks.

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Remember that God ordained that I should be the next president of the United States. Neither you nor any other mortal or mortals could have prevented this.

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We need an energy bill that encourages consumption.

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The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We've removed an ally of al Qaeda.

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Let me start off by saying that in 2000 I said, 'Vote for me. I'm an agent of change.' In 2004, I said, 'I'm not interested in change - I want to continue as president.' Every candidate has got to say 'change.' That's what the American people expect.

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Anyone willing to do what is required to become president of the United States is thereby barred from taking that office. I'm only half joking

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I love Obama. He's my favorite president of all time. I have a giant picture in my apartment in New York that is of his Chicago Tribune cover, Mr. President.

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I'd like to be a president [known] as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace.

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Why don't I drink from a straw? Because straws are for suckers.

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I'm forever a former president and I understand that, but at this point in my post-presidency, I don't want to be involved with politics.

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There is no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland.

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Both President Kennedy and President Reagan were roundly criticized by parts of the foreign policy establishment that felt they were being weak by engaging our adversaries. So some of it is built into a political lexicon that makes you sound tougher if you don't talk to somebody, and rather, very loudly, wield a big stick.

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Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation.

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I'm comfortable with how I lived my life as the president.

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I'd like to be a president [known] as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace.

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I've been in the Bible every day since I've been the president.

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