IOWA

"Russia is no longer our enemy and therefore we shouldn't be locked into a Cold War mentality that says we keep the peace by blowing each other up. In my attitude, that's old, that's tired, that's stale."—George W. Bush, Des Moines, Iowa, June 8, 2001

"I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes."—George W. Bush, Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 21, 2000

"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case."
—George W. Bush, Pella, Iowa, as quoted by the San Antonio Express-News, Jan. 30, 2000