[ After a person in the crowd yelled “I can’t hear you” :] I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.

[ Explaining why he did not consult his father, former President George H. W. Bush, on the decision to go to war with Iraq in 2003 :] There is a higher father that I appeal to.

[ Maintaining that he was not involved in discussions of trading arms for hostages in 1985 :] We were not in the loop.

[ Of his youthful indiscretions :] When I was young and irresponsible I was young and irresponsible.

[ Of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait :] This will not stand.

[ Of requests to give Iraq more time to disarm :] This looks like a rerun of a bad movie and I’m not interested in watching it.

[ Of Ronald Reagan :] For seven and a half years I have worked alongside him and I am proud to be his partner. We have had triumphs, we have made mistakes, we have had sex.

[ Of Ronald Reagan’s proposals to increase government revenues by reducing taxes :] Voodoo economics.

[ On Iraqi militants attacking U.S. forces :] My answer is bring them on.

[ On the Iran-Contra scandal :] Clearly, mistakes were made.