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Civil Society People - These Are The People - Civil Society Groups Are The People Who Need To Monitor The Aid To Ensure That The Aid Is Directed To What It Is Supposed To. And In Order For Them To Do So, They Need To Have The Space, They Need To Have The Freedom, And They Need To Have The Right To Demonstrate, And To Petition Their Government. They Can't Do That In Ethiopia; They Can't Do That In Eritrea; And So This Is Why I Was Cautioning That We May Be Repeating Some Of Our Old Mistakes.

-George W. Bush

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Civil Society People -

George W. Bush

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Civil Society People - These Are The People - Civil Society Groups Are The People Who Need To Monitor The Aid To Ensure That The Aid Is Directed To What It Is Supposed To. And In Order For Them To Do So, They Need To Have The Space, They Need To Have The Freedom, And They Need To Have The Right To Demonstrate, And To Petition Their Government. They Can't Do That In Ethiopia; They Can't Do That In Eritrea; And So This Is Why I Was Cautioning That We May Be Repeating Some Of Our Old Mistakes.

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Well, My Message Is, Is That If You Harbor A Terrorist, You're A Terrorist. If You Feed A Terrorist, You're A Terrorist. If You Develop Weapons Of Mass Destruction That You Want To Terrorize The World, You'll Be Held Accountable. . . . If Anybody Harbors A Terrorist, They're A Terrorist. If They Fund A Terrorist, They're A Terrorist. If They House Terrorists, They're Terrorists. I Mean, I Can't Make It Any More Clearly To Other Nations Around The World. If They Develop Weapons Of Mass Destruction That Will Be Used To Terrorize Nations, They Will Be Held Accountable.

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The American People Are Proud To Welcome Your Majesty Back To The United States, A Nation You've Come To Know Very Well. After All, You've Dined With 10 U.s. Presidents. You've Helped Our Nation Celebrate Its Bicentennial In 17 - In 1976.

Sometimes Armchair Quarterbacks Are Doing It To Enhance Their Own Image. I'm Just Not Comfortable With That Idea.

We Think It Is In Our Nation's Interest That Afghan Women - Or Any Women Around The World - Not Suffer.

Those Who Make War Against The United States Have Chosen Their Own Destruction.

Border Relations Between Canada And Mexico Have Never Been Better.

First Of All, In Principle, I'm Against Physician-assisted Suicide, And Secondly, I Believe It Is The Prerogative Of The Federal Government To Control Drug Rules. And The Idea Of Using A Controlled Substance To End Somebody's Life Is Something I Don't Agree With. I Can See The Idea Of Using Controlled Substances To Ease Somebody's Pain. That Makes Sense.

You Teach A Child To Read, And He Or Her Will Be Able To Pass A Literacy Test.

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 Think The Fundamentals Of The Economy Are Finally In The Electronic Economy And They Are Strong Are We Have Reason For Great Optimism.

I Heard Somebody Say, 'where's (nelson) Mandela?' Well, Mandela's Dead. Because Saddam Killed All The Mandelas. --george W. Bush, On The Former South African President, Who Is Still Very Much Alive, Washington, D.c., Sept. 20, 2007

When I Was Young And Irresponsible, I Was Young And Irresponsible.

For Every Fatal Shooting, There Are About 3 Non-fatal Shootings. Folks, This Is Unacceptable In America.

Life In America Shows That Liberty, Paired With Law, Is Not To Be Feared.

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.

According To Muslim Teachings, God First Revealed His Word In The Holy Qur'an To The Prophet, Muhammad, During The Month Of Ramadan. That Word Has Guided Billions Of Believers Across The Centuries, And Those Believers Built A Culture Of Learning And Literature And Science. All The World Continues To Benefit From This Faith And Its Achievements.

Iraq Is No Diversion. It Is A Place Where Civilization Is Taking A Decisive Stand Against Chaos And Terror, We Must Not Waver.

It's None Of My Business What Somebody's [orientation Is]. Now When Somebody Makes It My Business, Like On Gay Marriage, I'm Going To Stand Up And Say I Don't Support Gay Marriage. I Support Marriage Between Men And Women.

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