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Faith-based Organizations Also Need A Guarantee They Will Not Be Forced To Give Up Their Right To Hire People Of Their Own Faith As The Price Of Competing For Federal Money. If We Want This Program To Be Effective And To Save Lives, People Have Got To Say Interfacing With Government Will Not Cause Me To Lose My Mission.

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George W. Bush

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Faith-based Organizations Also Need A Guarantee They Will Not Be Forced To Give Up Their Right To Hire People Of Their Own Faith As The Price Of Competing For Federal Money. If We Want This Program To Be Effective And To Save Lives, People Have Got To Say Interfacing With Government Will Not Cause Me To Lose My Mission.

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I Rest Their Case. I'm Pro-life.

[t]he Course Of This Nation Does Not Depend On The Decisions Of Others. Whatever Action Is Required, Whenever Action Is Necessary, I Will Defend The Freedom And Security Of The American People.

There Will Be No Going Back To The Era Before September The 11th, 2001 - To False Comfort In A Dangerous World.

Dangerous World

The Solid Truth Of The Matter Is, When You Find - If You Want To Help Heal The Hurt, If You Want To Hurt People And - Help People In Pain, The Best Way To Do So Is To Call Upon The Great Strength Of The Country, Which Is The Compassion Of Our Fellow Americans.

I Would Have Said Yes To Abortion If Only It Was Right. I Mean, Yeah It's Right. Well No It's Not Right That's Why I Said No To It.

I Was Not Pleased That Hamas Has Refused To Announce Its Desire To Destroy Israel.

I Support The Death Penalty Because I Believe, If Administered Swiftly And Justly, Capital Punishment Is A Deterrent Against Future Violence And Will Save Other Innocent Lives.

We're Creating An Ownership Society In This Country, Where More Americans Than Ever Will Be Able To Open Up Their Door Where They Live And Say, Welcome To My House, Welcome To My Piece Of Property.

I Think I'm The Only President Other Than John Kennedy Who Had Both Parents Alive During The Presidency.

The Senator Has Got To Understand If He's Going To Have - He Can't Have It Both Ways. He Can't Take The High Horse And Then Claim The Low Road.

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