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Freedom, By Its Nature, Must Be Chosen, And Defended By Citizens, And Sustained By The Rule Of Law And The Protection Of Minorities. And When The Soul Of A Nation Finally Speaks, The Institutions That Arise May Reflect Customs And Traditions Very Different From Our Own. America Will Not Impose Our Own Style Of Government On The Unwilling. Our Goal Instead Is To Help Others Find Their Own Voice, Attain Their Own Freedom, And Make Their Own Way.

-George W. Bush

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Freedom, By Its Nature,

George W. Bush

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Freedom, By Its Nature, Must Be Chosen, And Defended By Citizens, And Sustained By The Rule Of Law And The Protection Of Minorities. And When The Soul Of A Nation Finally Speaks, The Institutions That Arise May Reflect Customs And Traditions Very Different From Our Own. America Will Not Impose Our Own Style Of Government On The Unwilling. Our Goal Instead Is To Help Others Find Their Own Voice, Attain Their Own Freedom, And Make Their Own Way.

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Iraq Will Succeed Because The Iraqis Will See To It That They Succeed. And Our Job Is To Help Them Succeed. That's Our Job.

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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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Border Relations Between Canada And Mexico Have Never Been Better.

My Job Is A Decision-making Job, And As A Result, I Make A Lot Of Decisions.

One Of The Things Important About History Is To Remember The True History.

Forms Of Government Matter, In My Opinion. It Matters How -- The Nature Of The Government In Which People Live.

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'm Going To Put People In My Place, So When The History Of This Administration Is Written At Least There's An Authoritarian Voice Saying Exactly What Happened.

I Have Said That The Sanction Regime Is Like Swiss Cheese - That Meant That They Weren't Very Effective.

You Know, Obviously I Wish The Violence Would Go Down, But Not As Much As The Iraqi Citizens Would Wish The Violence Would Go Down. But, Incredibly Enough, They Showed Great Courage, And They Want Our Help.

We've Climbed The Mighty Mountain. I See The Valley Below, And It's A Valley Of Peace.

I've Directed The Full Resources Of Our Intelligence And Law Enforcement Communities To Find Those Responsible And Bring Them To Justice. We Will Make No Distinction Between The Terrorists Who Committed These Acts And Those Who Harbor Them.

There Is A Language Barrier Between Vets And The Civilian Population. They Speak Different Languages.

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Running For Governor Of Texas Against A Very Popular Governor [incumbent Ann Richards] Was Deemed To Be Risky. Everybody Thought I Would Lose. As I Put In My Book, My Mother Said, "you're Going To Lose!"

The Peaceful Transfer Of Authority Is Rare In History, Yet Common In Our Country. With A Simple Oath, We Affirm Old Traditions And Make New Beginnings.

Freedom Itself Was Attacked This Morning By A Faceless Coward, And Freedom Will Be Defended.

I Would Still Invade Iraq Even If Iraq Never Existed

If Most Of The Breaks Go To Wealthy People It's Because Most Of The People Who Pay Taxes Are Wealthy.

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.

Whatever It Took To Help Taiwan Defend Theirself.

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

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.

A President Must Make Decisions Based Upon Principle And Stand By The Principles By Which He Makes Decisions In Order To Achieve Peace.

We Will Stay The Course Until The Job Is Done, Steve. And The Temptation Is To Try To Get The President Or Somebody To Put A Timetable On The Definition Of Getting The Job Done. We're Just Going To Stay The Course.

Our Law Enforcement Must Have Every Tool Necessary To Find And Disrupt Terrorists At Home And Abroad. That's The Task Of The 21st Century.

Fighting Evil, It's Hard Work.

Ours Is A War Not Against A Religion, Not Against The Muslim Faith. But Ours Is A War Against Individuals Who Absolutely Hate What America Stands For, And Hate The Freedom Of The Czech Republic. And Therefore, We Must Work Together To Defend Ourselves. And By Remaining Strong And United And Tough, We'll Prevail.

Only A Liberal Senator From Massachusetts Would Say That A 49 Percent Increase In Funding For Education Was Not Enough.

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I Do Believe In The Sanctity Of Marriage. ...but I Don't See That As Conflict With Being A Tolerant Person Or An Understanding Person.

I Believe Law-abiding Citizens Ought To Be Able To Own A Gun. I Believe In Background Checks At Gun Shows Or Anywhere To Make Sure That Guns Don't Get In The Hands Of People That Shouldn't Have Them.

So I Don't Worry About, And People Shouldn't Worry About A Draft I Think We're In Good Shape, I Really Do. And, If Not, We'll - I'll Address The Nation. But I Don't See Any Need To Right Now.

I'm The President And The Commander-in-chief. Do It My Way.

I Was Not Elected To Serve One Party.

The Enemy Understands A Free Iraq Will Be A Major Defeat In Their Ideology Of Hatred. That's Why They're Fighting So Vociferously.

It's Important That The United States Not Forget The Lessons Of September The 11th, 2001. I Assure You, I'm Not Going To Forget Them.

Well From A Personal Perspective, Quitting Drinking Is A Decision I Felt Good About.

The Question Is: How Do We Succeed In Iraq? And You Don't Succeed By Leaving Before The Mission Is Complete, Like Some In This Political Process Are Suggesting.

Tyrants And Dictators Will Accept No Other Gods Before Them. They Require Disobedience To The First Commandment. They Seek Absolute Control And Are Threatened By Faith In God. They Fear Only The Power They Cannot Possess - The Power Of Truth. So They Resent The Living Example Of The Devout, Especially The Devotion Of A Unique People Chosen By God.

You Never Know What Your History Is Going To Be Like Until Long After You're Gone.

And The Cornerstone Of My Economic Policies, When I First Got Elected, Was Cutting Taxes On Everybody On Who Paid Taxes.

One Of My Hardest Parts Of My Job Is To Console The Family Members Who Have Lost Their Life.

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It's Essential That We Do What's Right - Not Necessarily What Appears To Be Immediately Popular.

I'd Also Remind People, If I Were Running For Presidency, That A Long-term Problem Facing The Budget Is Social Security And Medicare.

Republican Or Democrat Candidate For Presidency Ought To Say: I Look Forward To Working With The President To Solve The Problem. People Expect Us To Come Here To Solve Problems. And Thus Far, The Attitude Has Been: Let's Just Kind Of Ignore What The President Has Said And Just Hope Somebody Else Comes And Solves It For Us. And That's What I'd Be Running On. I'd Be Running On The Economy And I'd Be Running On National Security. But Since I'm Not Running, I Can Only Serve As An Adviser To Those Who Are.

I Am A Person Who Looks Long-term, And I Recognize The Path We Need To Take. There Will Be Moments When People Are Unhappy And Disgruntled With Some Decision-making. Nonetheless, What Matters Most Is To Reach The Destination. And My Job As President Is To See Clearly Where I Want To Go And Be Steadfast In My Resolve To Realize That Vision

I Am Comfortable Knowing That I Put My Heart And Soul Into The Presidency.

Take The Life Issue. This Issue Requires A President And An Administration Leading Our Nation To Understand The Importance Of Life. This Whole Faith-based Initiative Really Ties Into A Larger Cultural Issue That We're Working On. It Begins To Affect The Life Issue, As Well As The Human Dignity Issue, Because When You're Talking About Welcoming People Of Faith To Help People Who Are Disadvantaged And Are Unable To Defend Themselves, The Logical Step Is Also Those Babies.

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

The Most Important Need Is To Have A Steady Hand At The Wheel, One Which Does Not Deviate From Its Purpose Depending On Which Way The Wind Blows. The Task Of Keeping America Safe And Secure In An Uncertain World Falls Heavily On The President.

Outwit, Outlast, Outplay. It's The Tagline For The Television Show Survivor And It's Damn Near What Presidenting Is Like, Too.

Doing Nothing In The Face Of A Grave Threat To The World Is Not An Option.

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I Said, Going Into Iraq, "we've Got To Take Threats Seriously Before They Full Materialize." I Saw A Threat. I Fully Believe It Was The Right Decision To Remove Saddam Hussein, And I Fully Believe The World Is Better Off Without Him.

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

A Tax Cut Is Really One Of The Anecdotes To Coming Out Of An Economic Illness.

That's Really The Fundamental Question We Face Here In The Beginning Of This 21st Century Is Whether Or Not We Believe As A Nation And Others Believe It Is Possible To Defeat This Ideology.

I'm Oftentimes Asked, What Difference Does It Make To America If People Are Dying Of Malaria In A Place Like Ghana? It Means A Lot. It Means A Lot Morally, It Means A Lot From A -- It's In Our National Interest.

The Great Thing About America Is Everybody Should Vote.

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By Promoting Liberty Abroad, We Will Build A Safer World. By Encouraging Liberty At Home, We Will Build A More Hopeful America.

I Understand Everybody In This Country Doesn't Agree With The Decisions I've Made. And I Made Some Tough Decisions. But People Know Where I Stand.

I Assured The Prime Minister, My Administration Will Work Hard To Lay The Foundation Of Peace In The Middle - To Work With Our Nations In The Middle East, Give Peace A Chance. Secondly, I Told Him That Our Nation Will Not Try To Force Peace, That We'll Facilitate Peace And That We Will Work With Those Responsible For A Peace.

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We're Concerned About Aids Inside Our White House, Make No Mistake About It.

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I've Got A Great Sense Of Where I Want To Lead And I'm Comfortable With Why I'm Running. And, You Know, The Call On That Speech Was, Beware. This Is Going To Be A Tough Campaign.

One Of The Great Things About Books Is Sometimes There Are Some Fantastic Pictures.

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.

Our New Faith-based Laws Have Removed Government As A Roadblock To People Of Faith Who Hear The Call.

In Africa, You Only Have An Independent Media In Only Eight African Countries, So There Is Very Little Transparency. The Best Gift That Rich Countries Can Give Africa Is Radio Free Africa And Radio Free Africa Will Do For Africa What Radio Free Europe Did For Europe.

I Think You Can Judge From Somebody's Actions A Kind Of A Stability And Sense Of Purpose Perhaps Created By Strong Religious Roots. I Mean, There's A Certain Patience, A Certain Discipline, I Think, That Religion Helps You Achieve.

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Thousands Of Lives Were Suddenly Ended By Evil, Despicable Acts Of Terror. The Pictures Of Airplanes Flying Into Buildings, Fires Burning, Huge Structures Collapsing, Have Filled Us With Disbelief, Terrible Sadness And A Quiet, Unyielding Anger.

The Vast Majority Of Our Imports Come From Outside The Country.

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

Before History Is Written Down In Books, It Is Written In Courage.

War Crimes Will Be Prosecuted. War Criminals Will Be Punished. And It Will Be No Defense To Say, 'i Was Just Following Orders.'

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

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It's Exciting; I Don't Know Whether I'm Going To Win Or Not. I Think I Am. I Do Know I'm Ready For The Job. And, If Not, That's Just The Way It Goes.

"americans Do Not Presume To Equate God's Purposes With Any Purpose Of Our Own...."[prayer] Teaches Us To Trust, To Accept That God's Plan Unfolds In His Time, Not Our Own.

Iraqis Are Sick Of Foreign People Coming In Their Country And Trying To Destabilize Their Country.

I Don't Care What The Polls Say. I Don't.

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Baptists Have Long Upheld The Ideal Of A Free Church In A Free State. And From The Beginning, They Believed That Forcing A Person To Worship Against His Will Violated The Principles Of Both Christianity And Civility.

...(o)ne Thing That The World Can Count On Is That We Will Not Allow Israel To Be Crushed.

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I Teamed Up With The Pga Of America To Help Promote A Weekend Of Golf That Raises Scholarship Money For Kids Who Lost A Parent Or Whose Parent Was Severely Wounded In Combat.

I Don't Think That Witchcraft Is A Religion. I Wish The Military Would Rethink This Decision.

The Strategic Objective Is To Help Iraq Government Succeed.that's The Strategic And Not Only To Help The Government The Reformers In Iraq Succeed, But To Help The Reformers Across The Region Succeed To Fight Off The Elements Of Extremism.

Home Is Important. Its Important To Have A Home.

There Are Limits To The Smiles And Scowls Of Diplomacy. Armies And Missiles Are Not Stopped By Stiff Notes Of Condemnation. They Are Held In Check By Strength And Purpose And The Promise Of Swift Punishment.

This Was Not An Act Of Terrorism, But It Was An Act Of War.

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We Passed Law That Encouraged Consumption Through Different Purchasing Habits Like, You Know, Hybrid Vehicles. You Buy Hybrid, You Get A Tax Credit. We've Encouraged The Spread Of Ethanol As An Alternative To Crude Oil. We Have Asked For Congress To Pass Regulatory Relief So We Can Build More Refineries To Increase The Supply Of Gasoline, Hopefully Taking The Pressure Off Of Price. And So The Strategy Is To Recognize That Dependency Upon Crude Oil, In A Global Market, Affects Us Economically Here At Home. And, Therefore, We Need To Diversify Away As Quickly As Possible.

For Most Of The World, There's No Greater Symbol Of America Than The Statue Of Liberty. It Has Been An Inspiration To Generations Of Immigrants. One Of These Immigrants Was A Poet-writer Named Ameen Rihani. Gazing At Her Lamp Held High, He Wondered Whether Her Sister Might Be Erected In The Lands Of His Arab Forefathers. Here Is How He Put It: "when Will You Turn Your Face Toward The East, Oh Liberty?"

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.

I Fully Understand It's Important To Maintain The Separation Of Church And State. We Don't Want The State To Become The Church, Nor Do We Want The Church To Become The State.

I Do Solemnly Swear That I Will Faithfully Execute The Office Of President Of The United States, And Will To The Best Of My Ability, Preserve, Protect And Defend The Constitution Of The United States

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Whatever Party You're In In America, Our Troops Deserve The Full Support Of Our Government.

Issues Are Won Based Upon Whether Or Not You Can Keep This Economy Strong; Elections Are Won Based Upon Economic Issues And National Security Issues.

I'm Absolutely Confident That Everybody That's Been Put To Death Is Two Things: One, They're Guilty Of The Crime Charged, And, Secondly, They Had Full Access To Our Courts, Both State And Federal.

I Did Denounce It. I De-i Denounced It. I Denounced Interracial Dating. I Denounced Anti-catholic Bigacy... Bigotry.

As The 20th Century Ended, There Were Around 120 Democracies In The World - And I Can Assure You More Are On The Way.

American Nation Will Not Wait To Be Attacked Again. We Will Defend Our Freedom And We Will Take The Fight To The Enemy.

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.

I Have Made A Lot Of Tactical Decisions That Historians Will Look Back And Say: He Shouldn't Have Done That. He Shouldn't Have Made That Decision. And I'll Take Responsibility For Them. I'm Human.

We Have Every Reason To Assume The Worst.

The Important Question Is, How Many Hands Have I Shaked?

There's No Bigger Task Than Protecting The Homeland Of Our Country.

I Love Free Speech.

Freedom Of Speech

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

Amigo! Amigo!" (calling Out To The Itallian Prime Minister....)

Right Now, Iraq Is Expanding And Improving Facilities That Were Used For The Production Of Biological Weapons.

Mass Destruction

Today The Justice Department Did Issue A Blanket Alert. It Was In Recognition Of A General Threat We Received. This Is Not The First Time The Justice Department Have Acted Like This. I Hope It Is The Last. But Given The Attitude Of The Evildoers, It May Not Be.

The Great Thing About America Is, You Don't Have To Listen Unless You Want To.

The Message Is For Everybody Who Wears The Uniform: Get Ready. The United States Will Do What It Takes To Win This War... And This Is An Administration That Is Going To Dedicate Ourselves To Winning That War.

I Think We Agree, The Past Is Over.

The California Crunch Really Is The Result Of Not Enough Power-generating Plants And Then Not Enough Power To Power The Power Of Generating Plants.

In This Job, There Are Some Simple Pleasures That Really Help You Cope. One Is Books, I Mean, Books Are A Great Escape. Books Are A Way To Get Your Mind On Something Else.

We Can't Impose Freedom, But We Can Eliminate Roadblocks To Freedom, And To Allow Free Societies To Develop.

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.

The Deliberate And Deadly Attacks Which Were Carried Out Yesterday Against Our Country Were More Than Acts Of Terror. They Were Acts Of War.

It Is The Government's Strong Desire To Empower This Fabric, This Social Fabric Of Our Society Where Faith-based Programs Large And Small Feel Empowered, Encouraged, And Welcomed Into Changing Lives.

We'll Succeed Unless We Quit.

Africa Needs Help, No Question About That But I'd Rather Prefer That The Money Is Channeled. That's What I Call Smart Aid; It's Channeled Through African Civil Society Groups. These Are The Groups Which Can Be Held More Accountable. These Are The Groups Which Will Sort Of Monitor How The Aid Money Is Spent.

The Bond Between Mothers And Their Children Is One Defined By Love. As A Mother's Prayers For Her Children Are Unending, So Are The Wisdom, Grace, And Strength They Provide To Their Children.

Theres A Lot Of Blowhards In The Political Process, You Know, A Lot Of Hot-air Artists, People Who Have Got Something Fancy To Say.

Our Plan Will Not Favor Religious Institutions Over Nonreligious Institutions. As President, I'm Interested In What Is Constitutional And I'm Interested In What Works.

I Think Anybody Who Doesn't Think I'm Smart Enough To Handle The Job Is Underestimating.

One Has A Stronger Hand When There's More People Playing Your Same Cards.

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We Must Take The Battle To The Enemy, Disrupt His Plans, And Confront The Worst Threats Before They Emerge.

Prayer Has Comforted Us In Sorrow And Will Help Strengthen Us For The Journey Ahead.

Everything Happens For A Reason

I Trust God Speaks Through Me. Without That, I Couldn't Do My Job.

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.

I Hope That's What The Taxpayers Of Great Britain Expect, Is Expect Us To, When We Make Investments In Countries, That They Work. And They Don't Work If A Nation Doesn't Invest In Its People.

German People Are Essentially Pacifists. Many Still Remember The Experience Of World War Ii. And They May Not Have Seen Saddam Hussein As Evil A Person As A Lot Of Other People Have.

Quotas Are Bad For America. It's Not The Way America Is All About.

I Would Never Use God To Promote Foreign Policy Decisions. I Recognize That In The Eyes Of An Almighty, I Am A Lowly Sinner, And I Ask For Strength And Wisdom And I Pray For Calmness When The Seas Are Storming, And I Pray For Others.

I Don't Think You Should Support The Death Penalty To Seek Revenge. I Don't Think That's Right. I Think The Reason To Support The Death Penalty Is Because It Saves Other People's Lives.

About 14 Percent Of Our Nation's Civilian Workforce Is Foreign-born.

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

I Told You I'm Not Going To Criticize My Successor. I'll Just Tell You That There Are People At Gitmo That Will Kill American People At A Drop Of A Hat And I Don't Believe That Persuasion Isn't Going To Work. Therapy Isn't Going To Cause Terrorists To Change Their Mind.

People Who Plan Their Life When They're 18 Years Old And Say, "this Is My Life Plan," Would Generally Be Surprised And Maybe Disappointed.

The Solution To Iraq - An Iraq That Can Govern Itself, Sustain Itself And Defend Itself - Is More Than A Military Mission. Precisely The Reason Why I Sent More Troops Into Baghdad.

We Can Have Confidence In The Long-term Foundation Of Our Economy ... I Think The System Basically Is Sound. I Truly Do.

This Nation Is Daring And Decent And Ready For Change.

Ready For Change

It Is One Of The Great Goals Of My Administration To Invigorate The Spirit Of Involvement And Citizenship. We Will Encourage Faith-based And Community Programs Without Changing Their Mission.

The Business Pages Of American Newspapers Should Not Read Like A Scandal Sheet.

Religion Is A Personal, Private Matter And Parents, Not Public School Officials, Should Decide Their Children's Religious Training. We Should Not Have Teacher-led Prayers In Public Schools, And School Officials Should Never Favor One Religion Over Another, Or Favor Religion Over No Religion (or Vice Versa). I Also Believe That Schools Should Not Restrict Students' Religious Liberties. The Free Exercise Of Faith Is The Fundamental Right Of Every American, And That Right Doesn't Stop At The Schoolhouse Door.

Conspiracy Theories Abound In American Politics. I Don't Think We Need To Be Subliminable About The Differences Between Our Views On Prescription Drugs.

It Is Incredibly Presumptive For Somebody Who Has Not Yet Earned His Party's Nomination To Start Speculating About Vice Presidents.

My Message Is, Is That Although Some Of You Didn't Agree With The Actions We Took, Now Let's Work Together To Rebuild Iraq, Rebuild Afghanistan, Fight Aids And Hunger, Deal With Slavery, Like Sex Slavery, And Deal With Proliferation. Let's Work Together On Big Issues.

America Needs A Military Where Our Breast And Brightest Are Proud To Serve.

Of All States That Understands Local Control Of Schools, Iowa Is Such A State.

By Computerizing Health Records, We Can Avoid Dangerous Medical Mistakes, Reduce Costs, And Improve Care

We Must Appreciate The Dignity Of Life In All Its Seasons, Even The Path Of The Elderly In The Twilight Of Their Years, To Work Toward The Day When Every Child, Born And Unborn, Is Welcomed To Life And Protected By Law.

There Is A Difference Between Responsible Criticism That Aims For Success And Defeatism That Refuses To Acknowledge Anything But Failure. Hindsight Alone Is Not Wisdom, And Second-guessing Is Not A Strategy.

I Believe The Best Way To Help Our Small Businesses Is Not Only Through Small-business Loans, Which We Have Increased Since I've Been The President Of The United States, But To Unbundle Government Contracts So People Have A Chance To Be Able To Bid And Receive A Contract To Help Get Their Business Going.

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My Administration Will Be More Supportive Of The Good Works Done Here Than Any Administration In The History Of This Country Because I Understand The Power Of Faith, That Faith Can Change Lives.

Some Call This Civil War; Others Call It Emergency -- I Call It Pure Evil.

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.

[saddam] Built Up A Massive War Machine While Neglecting The Basic Needs Of His Own People.

We Will Make No Distinction Between The Terrorists Who Committed These Acts And Those Who Harbour Them.

Other Republican Candidates May Retort To Personal Attacks And Negative Ads.

They've Seen Me Make Decisions, They've Seen Me Under Trying Times, They've Seen Me Weep, They've Seen Me Laugh, They've Seen Me Hug. And They Know Who I Am, And I Believe They're Comfortable With The Fact That They Know I'm Not Going To Shift Principles Or Shift Positions Based Upon Polls And Focus Groups.

We Run A Danger Of Trying To Say The Casualties Are Less Than Other Wars Or More Than Expected. It's Just Everybody Matters, Every Person Matters, And What Really Matters Is Having The Strategy And The Will To Make Sure Any Death Is Not - Is Honored By Achieving An Objective.

Hezbollah Is Not A State. They're A, You Know, Supposed Political Party That Happens To Be Armed.

The Administration Ill Bring Is A Group Of Men And Women Who Are Focused On Whats Best For America, Honest Men And Women, Decent Men And Women, Women Who Will See Service To Our Country As A Great Privilege And Who Will Not Stain The House.

I Believe That Freedom Is The Deepest Need Of Every Human Soul.

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People Love America. Sometimes They Don't Like The Decisions Made By America, But I Don't Think You Want A President Who Tries To Become Popular And Does The Wrong Thing.

The Economy Is Growing, Productivity Is High, Trade Is Up, People Are Working. It's Not As Good As We'd Like, But -- And To The Extent That We Find Weakness, We'll Move.

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