Certainly Nancy REAGAN had an EXTRAORDINARY effect on her HUSBAND. I'm truly not sure that, SAY, Laura Bush had that much effect on the Bush administration. She certainly, you know, seems to be a nice person who I think the public likes. But I can't REALLY put my finger on any huge impact she's had.

I have no other view than to PROMOTE the PUBLIC GOOD, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my COUNTRY.

We had PREPARED, my STAFF had prepared for me a whole dossier on virtually - on George Bush on his votes on his records, what he had DONE over the past NUMBER of YEARS in public service.

The more of your PRIVATE LIFE you put into the public domain, the SMALLER your private life BECOMES.

AIDS is a plague - numerically, statistically and by any DEFINITION KNOWN to MODERN PUBLIC health - though no one in authority has the guts to CALL it one.

Even the government understands that the environmental challenge is so big that no single agency can HANDLE it. It needs collaboration AMONG all the stakeholders - COMPANIES, governments, NGOs and the public. Public accountability will be the ultimate DRIVING force.

People can judge me for what I've DONE. And I think when somebody's out in the public eye, that's what they do. So I'm fully COMFORTABLE with who I am, what I stand for, and what I've ALWAYS STOOD for.

The biggest CHALLENGE is how to AFFECT PUBLIC attitudes and make people CARE.

When FAKE NEWS is repeated, it BECOMES DIFFICULT for the public to discern what's real.

I can assure you, PUBLIC service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of LIFE, it is a way to live fully.

I GREW up on Public Enemy, which had a MESSAGE with great MUSIC BEHIND it.

Public SERVICE must be more than doing a JOB efficiently and honestly. It must be a COMPLETE dedication to the PEOPLE and to the NATION.

I think we perhaps are, with SLEEP, where we were with smoking about 50 years ago, in that we had all of the SCIENCE, and it was right there for the public DISCUSSION, but it's not yet adequately sort of percolated out into POLICY or even just public wisdom.