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Deeply Impressed With The Blessing Which We Enjoy, And Of Which We Have Much Manifold Proofs, My Mind Is Irresistibly Drawn To That Almighty Being, The Great Source Source From Whence They Proceed And Whom Our Most Grateful Acknowledgements Are Due.

-George W. Bush

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Deeply Impressed With The

George W. Bush

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Deeply Impressed With The Blessing Which We Enjoy, And Of Which We Have Much Manifold Proofs, My Mind Is Irresistibly Drawn To That Almighty Being, The Great Source Source From Whence They Proceed And Whom Our Most Grateful Acknowledgements Are Due.

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We'll Succeed Unless We Quit.

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American Strength

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I Want You To Know That Farmers Are Not Going To Be Secondary Thoughts To A Bush Administration. They Will Be In The Forethought Of Our Thinking.

The U.s. Liberated Iraq From A Tyrant. I Think The Iraqi People Owe The American People A Huge Debt Of Gratitude, And I Believe Most Iraqis Express That. I Mean, The People Understand That We've Endured Great Sacrifice To Help Them. That's The Problem Here In America. They Wonder Whether Or Not There Is A Gratitude Level That's Significant Enough In Iraq.

Free Societies Are Hopeful Societies. And Free Societies Will Be Allies Against These Hateful Few Who Have No Conscience, Who Kill At The Whim Of A Hat.

It's Important For The Writers Of The Presidential Daily Brief To Feel Comfortable That The Documents Will Never Be Politicized And/or Unnecessarily Exposed For Public Purview.

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

North Korea Is A Regime Arming With Missiles And Weapons Of Mass Destruction, While Starving Its Citizens.

Mass Destruction

Our Security Is Assured By Our Perseverance And By Our Sure Belief In The Success Of Liberty.

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Yes, We [usa] Can Be Safe And Secure, If We Stay On The Offense Against The Terrorists And If We Spread Freedom And Liberty Around The World.

I Believe A Marriage Is Between A Man And A Woman.

Should Any Iraqi Officer Or Soldier Receive An Order From Saddam Hussein.... Don't Follow That Order. Because If You Choose To Do So, When Iraq Is Liberated, You Will Be Treated, Tried And Persecuted As A War Criminal.

People Have Access To Health Care In America. After All, You Just Go To An Emergency Room.

We Will Export Death And Violence To The Four Corners Of The Earth In Defense Of Our Great Nation.

I Believe That A Prosperous, Democratic Pakistan Will Be A Steadfast Partner For America, A Peaceful Neighbor For India, And A Force For Freedom And Moderation In The Arab World.

Look, When You're The President, There's All Kinds Of Things Said About Us. I Mean, It's Just The Nature Of The Job.

In Terms Of What People Think About Me, The Truth Of The Matter Is, I Guess I Care To A Certain Extent, But Not Enough To Try To Go Out In The Public And Plead For Some Kind Of New Understanding Of Me.

Sometimes When I Sleep At Night I Think Of (dr. Seuss's) 'hop On Pop.'

I Am Comfortable That The Principles That I Articulated Were Never Compromised.

Never Compromise

All I Can Tell You Is That I Know The Enemy, Allies, And Troops Hear What I Say.

You'll Hear People Say It's Racist To Test. Folks, It's Racist Not To Test. Because Guess Who Gets Shuffled Through The System Oftentimes? Children Whose Parents Don't Speak English As A First Language, Inner-city Kids. It's So Much Easier To Quit On Somebody Than To Remediate.

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