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Because The Union Of A Man And Woman Deserves An Honored Place In Our Society, I Support The Protection Of Marriage Against Activist Judges. And I Will Continue To Appoint Federal Judges Who Know The Difference Between Personal Opinion And The Strict Interpretation Of The Law.

-George W. Bush

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George W. Bush

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Because The Union Of A Man And Woman Deserves An Honored Place In Our Society, I Support The Protection Of Marriage Against Activist Judges. And I Will Continue To Appoint Federal Judges Who Know The Difference Between Personal Opinion And The Strict Interpretation Of The Law.

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I Was Raised In The West. The West Of Texas. It's Pretty Close To California. In More Ways Than Washington, D.c., Is Close To California.

We Must Have The Attitude That Every Child In America - Regardless Of Where They're Raised Or How They're Born - Can Learn.

A Lot Of People In The Usa Probably Don't Understand How Important They Are To The Mortgage Markets. And It's Really Important For People To Have Confidence In The Mortgage Markets And That There Be Stability In The Mortgage Markets.

We Will Build New Ships To Carry Man Forward Into The Universe, To Gain A New Foothold On The Moon And To Prepare For New Journeys To The Worlds Beyond Our Own.

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We Will Direct Every Resource At Our Command - Every Means Of Diplomacy, Every Tool Of Intelligence, Every Instrument Of Law Enforcement, Every Financial Influence, And Every Necessary Weapon Of War - To The Destruction And To The Defeat Of The Global Terror Network.

I'm Going To Spend A Lot Of Time On Social Security. I Enjoy It. I Enjoy Taking On The Issue. I Guess, It's The Mother In Me.

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Nobody Really Likes To Be Lectured A Lot. And, Therefore, If You Want To Be An Effective Person, What You Don't Do Is Scold The Person Publicly All The Time.

I Would Like To Be Remembered As A Guy Who Had A Set Of Priorities, And Was Willing To Live By Those Priorities. In Terms Of Accomplishments, My Biggest Accomplishment Is That I Kept The Country Safe Amidst A Real Danger.

One Of The Worst Days In America's History Saw Some Of The Bravest Acts In Americans' History. We'll Always Honor The Heroes Of 9/11. And Here At This Hallowed Place, We Pledge That We Will Never Forget Their Sacrifice.

I Wanted To Come To Washington, D.c. And Help Be A Transformative President. And I Think History, When They Look Back, Will Say This Is A Fellow Who Knew How To Make Decisions, And Made Some Tough Ones, Stood By Them, Wasn't Driven By The Latest Opinion Poll, But Was Driven By Some Core Principles From Which He Would Not Deviate.

People Make Suggestions On What To Say All The Time... Trust Me.

Wisdom And Strength, And My Family, Is What I'd Like For You To Pray For.

Self-government Relies, In The End, On The Governing Of The Self.

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

The Interesting Thing About Golf Is That The Presidency Requires Focus And Discipline, And Golf Requires Focus And Discipline. It Was A Way To Make Sure That Parts Of My Life Were Focused And Disciplined.

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Saddam Hussein Was A Unique Threat. And The World Is Better Off Without Him In Power.

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I Can't Wait To Join You In The Joy Of Welcoming Neighbors Back Into Neighborhoods, And Small Businesses Up And Running, And Cutting Those Ribbons That Somebody Is Creating New Jobs.

I'm Also Combining My Love Of Outdoors With My Desire To Help Others.

There Are Some Monuments Where The Land Is So Widespread, They Just Encompass As Much As Possible. And The Integral Part Of The - The Precious Part, So To Speak - I Guess All Land Is Precious, But The Part That The People Uniformly Would Not Want To Spoil, Will Not Be Despoiled. But There Are Parts Of The Monument Lands Where We Can Explore Without Affecting The Overall Environment.

We Say To Seniors, We Understand How Important Prescription Drug Coverage, So Prescription Drugs Will Be An Ingrinable Part Of The Medicare Plan.

The Do-not-call Registry Is Still Being Challenged In Court. Yet, The Conclusions Of The American People, The Legislative Branch, And The Executive Branch Are Beyond Question.

Executive Branch

I Grieve For Every Death.'it Breaks My Heart To Think About A Family Weeping Over The Loss Of A Loved One. I Understand The Anguish That Some Feel About The Death That Takes Place.

People Say, Well, Do You Ever Hear Any Other Voices Other Than, Like, A Few People? Of Course I Do.

I've Thought A Lot About What It Means To Be The President. I Also Understand An Administration Is Not One Person But An Administration Is Dedicated Citizens Who Are Called By The President To Serve The Country, To Serve A Cause Greater Than Self. And So I've Thought About An Administration Of People Who Represent All America, But People Who Understand My Compassionate And Conservative Philosophy.

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The Iraqi Regime Is A Threat Of Unique Urgency. [...] It Has Developed Weapons Of Mass Death.

But I Also Made It Clear To Him [vladimir Putin] That It's Important To Think Beyond The Old Days Of When We Had The Concept That If We Blew Each Other Up, The World Would Be Safe.

It Was A Privilege To Be President And It Is A Privilege To Be A Former President And I Believe That I Have Got A Chance To Be A Part Of Something That Is Influential - But Not For My Sake, But For The Sake Of People Dying In Africa Or People Worried About A Free Society In Their Countries Or People Who Wonder Whether There Will Be A Free Market.

America Stands For Liberty, For The Pursuit Of Happiness And For The Unalienable Right For Life. This Right To Life Cannot Be Granted Or Denied By Government Because It Does Not Come From Government, It Comes From The Creator Of Life.

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We're Going To Get [bin Laden]. Dead Or Alive, It Doesn't Matter To Me.

I'm Comfortable With Time. Time Will Change.

American Foreign Policy Must Be More Than The Management Of Crisis. It Must Have A Great And Guiding Goal: To Turn This Time Of American Influence Into Generations Of Democratic Peace.

The Men And Women Of Afghanistan Are Building A Nation That Is Free, And Proud, And Fighting Terror - And America Is Honored To Be Their Friend.

There Is No Telling How Many Wars It Will Take To Secure Freedom In The Homeland.

America Is The Largest Investor In The Technologies Necessary To Be Able To Say To People, 'you Can Grow Your Economy So People's Standard Of Living Can Improve, And At The Same Time Be Good Stewards Of The Environment'.

Today The Iraqi And Afghan People Are On The Path To Democracy And Freedom. The Governments That Are Rising Will Pose No Threat To Others. Instead Of Harboring Terrorists, They're Fighting Terrorist Groups. And This Progress Is Good For The Long-term Security Of All Of Us.

I Firmly Believe The Death Tax Is Good For People From All Walks Of Life All Throughout Our Society.

Terrorist Attacks Can Shake The Foundations Of Our Biggest Buildings, But They Cannot Touch The Foundation Of America. These Acts Shatter Steel, But They Cannot Dent The Steel Of American Resolve.

Scripture Says: "blessed Are Those Who Mourn For They Shall Be Comforted." I Call On Every American Family And The Family Of America To Observe A National Day Of Prayer And Remembrance, Honoring The Memory Of The Thousands Of Victims Of These Brutal Attacks And Comforting Those Who Lost Loved Ones. We Will Persevere Through This National Tragedy And Personal Loss. In Time, We Will Find Healing And Recovery; And, In The Face Of All This Evil, We Remain Strong And United, "one Nation Under God."

So I Analyzed That And Decided I Didn't Want To Be The President During A Depression Greater Than The Great Depression, Or The Beginning Of A Depression Greater Than The Great Depression.

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I Confirmed To The Prime Minister That We Appreciate Our Friendship.

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I Don't Understand How Poor People Think.

In The Past We Entrusted Money To The Government Sector And The Government Sector Simply Did Not Spend The Money Wisely. And That Is Why We Need Reforms, But The Government Sector Is Not Being Reformed.

Libraries Promote The Sharing Of Knowledge, Connecting People Of All Ages With Valuable Information Resources. These Dynamic And Modern Institutions, And The Librarians Who Staff Them, Add Immeasurably To Our Quality Of Life.

I View My Time In Politics As A Chapter, Not My Life.

These Demands Are Not Open To Negotiation Or Discussion.

This Is A Different - A Different Era, A Different War, Stretch. So What We're - People Are Changing Phone Numbers And Phone Calls, And They're Moving Quick. And We've Got To Be Able To Detect And Prevent. I Keep Saying That, But This Is A - It Requires Quick Action. . . .

If You're A Single Mother With Two Children, Which Is The Toughest Job In America As Far As I'm Concerned, And You're Working Hard To Put Food On Your Family.

I Understand Why People Are Discouraged About Iraq. I Can Understand That. We Live In A, You Know, World In Which People Hope Things Happen Quickly. And This Is A Situation Where Things Don't Happen Quickly Because There's, You Know, A Very Tough Group Of People Using Tactics - Mainly The Killing Of Innocent People - To Achieve Their Objective, And They're Skillful About How They Do This. And They Also Know The Impact Of What It Means On The Consciousness Of Those Of Us Who Live In The Free World. They Know That.

I Was Able To Adjust Initially By Plunging Right Into The Book And The Bush Presidential Center At Southern Methodist University. And It Turns Out That There Is A Good Way To Make A Living By Giving Speeches.

[people] Don't Judge You On What Would Have Happened In The Absence Of A Decision.

Look At Other Countries That Have Tried To Have Federally Controlled Health Care. They Have Poor-quality Health Care. Our Health-care System Is The Envy Of The World Because We Believe In Making Sure That The Decisions Are Made By Doctors And Patients, Not By Officials In The Nation's Capital.

In Iraq We Are Fighting Against Men With Blind Hatred And Armed With Lethal Weapons Who Are Capable Of Any Atrocity. They Wear No Uniform; They Respect No Laws Of Warfare Or Morality. They Take Innocent Lives To Create Chaos For The Cameras.

To Date, We've Arrested Or Otherwise Dealt With Many Key Commanders Of Al Qaeda... All Told, More Than 3,000 Suspected Terrorists Have Been Arrested In Many Countries. Many Others Have Met A Different Fate. Let's Put It This Way - They Are No Longer A Problem To The United States And Our Friends And Allies.

The Great Tradition Of America Is One Where People Can Worship The Way They Want To Worship. And If They Choose Not To Worship, They're Just As Patriotic As Your Neighbor. That Is An Essential Part Of Why We Are A Great Nation. If You're A Jew Or A Christian Or A Muslim, You're Equally American.

God Told Me To Strike At Al Qaeda And I Struck Them, And Then He Instructed Me To Strike At Saddam [hussein], Which I Did, And Now I Am Determined To Solve The Problem In The Middle East. If You Help Me I Will Act, And If Not, The Elections Will Come And I Will Have To Focus On Them.

Terrorists Like Bin Laden Are Serious About Mass Murder - And All Of Us Must Take Their Declared Intentions Seriously. They Seek To Impose A Heartless System Of Totalitarian Control Throughout The Middle East, And Arm Themselves With Weapons Of Mass Murder. . . . Their Aim Is To Seize Power In Iraq, And Use It As A Safe Haven To Launch Attacks Against America And The World.

I Think There Is Some Methodology In My Travels.

Suiciders Are Willing To Kill Innocent Life In Order To Send The Projection That This Is An Impossible Mission.

This Is A Global War On Terror. We're Facing Extremists That Believe Something. And They Want To Achieve Objectives. And, Therefore, The United States Must Use All Our Assets And We Must Work With Others To Defeat This Enemy. That's The Call.

I'd Like To Be A President [known] As Somebody Who Liberated 50 Million People And Helped Achieve Peace.

How Can You Possibly Have An International Agreement That's Effective Unless Countries Like China And India Are Not Full Participants?

We Will Build Our Defenses Beyond Challenge, Lest Weakness Invite Challenge. We Will Confront Weapons Of Mass Destruction, So That A New Century Is Spared New Horrors.

Mass Destruction

I Call Upon All Nations To Do Everything They Can To Stop These Terrorist Killers. Thank You. Now Watch This Drive.

Pushing Legislation That Would Undercut Our Troops Just As We're Beginning To Make Progress In Baghdad.

There's Just Something About This Job As President Every President Faces, You Know, That You Think One Thing Going In And Then The Pressures Of The Job Or The Realities Of The World, You Know, Are Different Than You Thought.

I Really Appreciate Leaders From Around The Globe Who Have Come To Share In Prayer With Us Today. It Reminds Me That The Almighty God Is A God To Everybody, Every Person.

A Lot Of The Reason Why The Debate Is Acrimonious Is Because Of The 24/7 News Cycles, Blogs, And People Being Able To Just Throw Something Out There In Order To Get Attention. And I'm Not Going Be Out There Doing The Same Thing, Trying To Trash My Successor Or Call Attention To Myself. I Hope That's A Positive Contribution To The Dialogue.

I Have A Different Vision Of Leadership. A Leadership Is Someone Who Brings People Together.

I'm A War President. I Make Decisions Here In The Oval Office In Foreign Policy Matters With War On My Mind.

I Can Hear You, The Rest Of The World Can Hear You And The People Who Knocked These Buildings Down Will Hear All Of Us Soon.

Iraq And Afghanistan Are Now Democracies And They Are Allies In The Cause Of Freedom And Peace.

In My Judgement, When The United States Says There Will Be Serious Consequences, And If There Isn't Serious Consequences, It Creates Adverse Consequences.

Americans Do Not Turn Away From Duties Because They Are Hard.

I Want To Be The Peace President.

The More You Defend In The Face Of A Critical Audience, The More You Polarize.

There's Also Consumer Debt, The Credit Card Debt That Burdens Many Of The Working Families In America. Yes, We Talk About National Debt, And We're Paying A Lot Down. But You're Fixing To Hear Me Tell You Part Of The Remedy For People Who Have Got A Lot Of Credit Card Debt Is To Make Sure People Get Some Of Their Own Money Back.

In 2002, A Lot Of The Pundits Didn't Get The Off-year Elections Right. In 2004, A Lot Of People Thought I Was Going Down Eight Days Before The Election.

We Honor The Heritage Of All Who Come Here, No Matter Where They Come From, Because We Trust In Our Country's Genius For Making Us All Americans - One Nation Under God.

We Don't Want Washington Democrats Running The House Of Representatives.

I Will Reach Out To Others And Explain Why I Make The Decisions I Make.

We Have To Find The Origin Of The Problem. The Origin Of The Problem In Many African Countries Is That You've Got State Bureaucracies Which Are Too Bloated.

That's Important When You Are Running An Organization So That The People Who Work With You Know What You Believe In And Know Those Beliefs Won't Change.

Civility Is Not A Tactic Or A Sentiment. It Is The Determined Choice Of Trust Over Cynicism, Of Community Over Chaos.

The Great Thing About America Is Everybody Should Vote.

I Mean, If You've Ever Been A Governor Of A State, You Understand The Vast Potential Of Broadband Technology, You Understand How Hard It Is To Make Sure That Physics, For Example, Is Taught In Every Classroom In The State. It's Difficult To Do. It's, Like, Cost-prohibitive.

And We Will Win The War, And There Will Be Costs. But The Military Folks Understand That, And So Do I, And So Does The Secretary Of Defense.

What's Very Interesting About The Violence In Lebanon And The Violence In Iraq And The Violence In Gaza Is This: These Are All Groups Of Terrorists Who Are Trying To Stop The Advance Of Democracy. They're Trying To Thwart The Will Of Millions Who Simply Want A Normal, Hopeful Life. That's What We're Seeing.

I Suspected There Would Be A Good-size Crowd Once The Word Got Out About My Hanging.

I Am Committed To The First Amendment Principles Of Religious Freedom, Tolerance, And Diversity. Whether Mormon, Methodist, Jewish, Or Muslim, Americans Should Be Able To Participate In Their Constitutional Free Exercise Of Religion. I Do Not Think Witchcraft Is A Religion, And I Do Not Think It Is In Any Way Appropriate For The U.s. Military To Promote It.

The Students At Yale Came From All Different Backgrounds And All Parts Of The Country. Within Months, I Knew Many Of Them.

I Just Didn't Want To Get Out There Anymore; I Didn't Want To Get Back Into What I Call 'the Swamp.' And The Other Reason Why Is I Don't Think It's Good For The Presidency For A Former President To Be Opining About His Successor. President Obama's Got Plenty Of Critics - And I'm Just Not Gonna Be One.

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