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But I'm Mindful In A Free Society That People Can Worship If They Want To Or Not. You're Equally An American If You Choose To Worship An Almighty And If You Choose Not To. If You're A Christian, Jew Or Muslim You're Equally An American. That's The Great Thing About America Is The Right To Worship The Way You See Fit. Prayer And Religion Sustain Me. I Receive Calmness In The Storms Of The Presidency. I Love The Fact That People Pray For Me And My Family All Around The Country. Somebody Asked Me One Time, How Do You Know? I Said I Just Feel It.

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George W. Bush

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But I'm Mindful In A Free Society That People Can Worship If They Want To Or Not. You're Equally An American If You Choose To Worship An Almighty And If You Choose Not To. If You're A Christian, Jew Or Muslim You're Equally An American. That's The Great Thing About America Is The Right To Worship The Way You See Fit. Prayer And Religion Sustain Me. I Receive Calmness In The Storms Of The Presidency. I Love The Fact That People Pray For Me And My Family All Around The Country. Somebody Asked Me One Time, How Do You Know? I Said I Just Feel It.

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Globalization Has Altered The Dynamics In The White House, As Well As Between The White House And The Treasury.

I'm Hopeful. I Know There Is A Lot Of Ambition In Washington, Obviously. But I Hope The Ambitious Realize That They Are More Likely To Succeed With Success As Opposed To Failure.

I'm Not That Worried About [my Parents] Right Now Because They Are Happy People. I'm Pleased That In Their Later Years, In Spite Of Physical Ailments, They're Upbeat.

I'm For A Stronger Death Penalty.

Afghanistan Is The Most Daring And Ambition Mission In The History Of Nato.

Free Market Capitalism Is Far More Than Economic Theory. It Is The Engine Of Social Mobility-the Highway To The American Dream.

After All, Religion Has Been Around A Lot Longer Than Darwinism.

In Terms Of Trying To Re-create An Image, I Think That's A Waste Of Time. I Have No Interest In Doing That. The Decisions I Made Are Done.

We Will Fight With Full Force And Might Of The United States Military.

This Campaign Not Only Hears The Voices Of The Entrepreneurs And The Farmers And The Entrepreneurs, We Hear The Voices Of Those Struggling To Get Ahead.

George H. W. Bush. He's Been A Classy Guy In His Post-presidency.

George H W Bush

Values Matters Well In A Race.

If The Iraqi Regime Is Able To Produce, Buy Or Steal An Amount Of Highly Enriched Uranium A Little Larger Than A Single Softball, [it] Could Have A Nuclear Weapon In Less Than A Year.

The Liberation Of Iraq Is A Crucial Advance In The Campaign Against Terror. We've Removed An Ally Of Al Qaeda.

The Terrorists Believe That Free Societies Are Essentially Corrupt And Decadent And, With A Few Hard Blows, They Can Force Us To Retreat. They Are Mistaken.

The Point Is, This Is A Way To Help Inoculate Me About What Has Come And Is Coming.

As A President, My Job Is Not To Promote A Religion, My Job Is To Call People To Serve Our Country.

I Think It's Very Important That We Protect Marriage As An Institution Between A Man And A Woman. I Proposed A Constitutional Amendment. The Reason I Did So Was Because I Was Worried That Activist Judges Are Actually Defining The Definition Of Marriage. And The Surest Way To Protect Marriage Between A Man And Woman Is To Amend The Constitution.

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