I did a lot of work on energy efficiency at the White House. By the time I left we had taken the equivalent of six hundred cars a year off the road in reduced greenhouse gas emissions just in the White House complex.
Climate change is more remote than terror but a more profound threat to the future of the children and the grandchildren and the great-grandchildren I hope all of you have.
The new energy future is decentralised, entrepreneurial and needs people like you to say ‘Give me a clean car, give me solar shingles to put on my roof – give me a clean future’
I never thought of political endeavors primarily in terms of power and prestige, and I never thought of economic endeavors primarily in terms of wealth and position.
This remains a very important opportunity for the American people to have their day in court against big tobacco and its marketing practices. I urge Congress to provide the funding to allow the lawsuit to move forward, and not to shield the tobacco industry from the consequences of its actions.
I may not have been the greatest president, but I’ve had the most fun eight years.
Every time Bush talks about trust it makes chills run up and down my spine. The way he has trampled on the truth is a travesty of the American political system.
The stimulus is our bridge over troubled waters. And if it’s invested well, it’ll generate a lot of economic growth, and we’ll get quite a bit of the revenues back.
Just try to imagine what it would be like to be 300 million years old.
A lot of wonderful people love their country and hate the military.
You know the one thing that’s wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say.
There seems to be no mainframe explanation for the PC world in which we’re living.
An innocent bureaucratic snafu.
When you get asked hundreds of questions, it’s not possible to remember the answer to every one.
It is inconceivable that anyone could say we have tried to hide anything.
For four years we’ve been cooperating exhaustively.
I’m just trying to suppress my natural impulses and get back to work.
Nearly everyone will lie to you given the right circumstances.
If you wanna maintain 20 percent of the world’s income with 4 percent of the world’s people, you gotta first of all have more shared prosperity and shared growth.
The most ethical administration in the history of the Republic.