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America Has Entered A Great Struggle That Tests Our Strength, And Even More Our Resolve. Our Nation Is Patient And Steadfast. We Continue To Pursue The Terrorists In Cities And Camps And Caves Across The Earth. We Are Joined By A Great Coalition Of Nations To Rid The World Of Terror. And We Will Not Allow Any Terrorist Or Tyrant To Threaten Civilization With Weapons Of Mass Murder. Now And In The Future, Americans Will Live As Free People, Not In Fear, And Never At The Mercy Of Any Foreign Plot Or Power.

-George W. Bush

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America Has Entered A Great Struggle That Tests Our Strength, And Even More Our Resolve. Our Nation Is Patient And Steadfast. We Continue To Pursue The Terrorists In Cities And Camps And Caves Across The Earth. We Are Joined By A Great Coalition Of Nations To Rid The World Of Terror. And We Will Not Allow Any Terrorist Or Tyrant To Threaten Civilization With Weapons Of Mass Murder. Now And In The Future, Americans Will Live As Free People, Not In Fear, And Never At The Mercy Of Any Foreign Plot Or Power.

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Sense Of Responsibility

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Productive Life

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A Number Of People Walk Up To Me And Say, "you're Much Taller Than I Thought."

The Person Who Runs Fema Is Someone Who Must Have The Trust Of The President Because The Person Who Runs Fema Is The First Voice Oftentimes Of Someone Whose Life Has Been Turned Upside Down Here's From.

As I Mentioned We Have Arrested Or Detained Over 1,000 People Here In America To Determine To Find Out What They Know.

We Must Appreciate The Dignity Of Life In All Its Seasons, Even The Path Of The Elderly In The Twilight Of Their Years, To Work Toward The Day When Every Child, Born And Unborn, Is Welcomed To Life And Protected By Law.

There Was No Evidence That Saddam Hussein Was Involved With The Attack Of 9/11, I've Never Said That And Never Made That Case Prior To Going Into Iraq.

Home Is Important. Its Important To Have A Home.

I Believe That People Want To Be Free. And That We Face An Enemy That Murders Innocent People To Try To Shake Our Psychology To Get Us To Leave.

Even Grief Recedes With Time And Grace. But Our Resolve Must Not Pass. Each Of Us Will Remember What Happened That Day, And To Whom It Happened. We'll Remember The Moment The News Came -- Where We Were And What We Were Doing. Some Will Remember An Image Of A Fire, Or A Story Of Rescue. Some Will Carry Memories Of A Face And A Voice Gone Forever.

God Speaks Through Me.

For Decades, Free Nations Tolerated Oppression In The Middle East For The Sake Of Stability. In Practice, This Approach Brought Little Stability And Much Oppression, So I Have Changed This Policy.

There Is A Language Barrier Between Vets And The Civilian Population. They Speak Different Languages.

I Haven't Had A Chance To Talk, But I'm Confident We'll Get A Bill That I Can Live With If We Don't.

I Do Not Like Abortions. I Will Do Everything In My Power To Restrict Abortion.

The 20th Century Ended With A Single Surviving Model Of Human Progress.

We've Had No Evidence That Saddam Hussein Was Involved With The September 11th.

As Young Americans, You Have An Important Responsibility, Which Is To Become Good Citizens.

The Crew Of The Shuttle Columbia Did Not Return Safely To Earth; Yet We Can Pray That All Are Safely Home.

Our Two Nations Both Faced Great Challenges When They Were Founded, And Our Two Nations Have Both Relied On The Same Principles To Help Us Succeed. We've Built Strong Democracies To Protect The Freedoms Given To Us By An Almighty God. We've Welcomed Immigrants, Who Have Helped Us Thrive. We've Built Prosperous Economies By Rewarding Innovation And Risk-taking And Trade. And We've Built An Enduring Alliance To Confront Terrorists And Tyrants.

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