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How Do You Measure Whether Or Not A Strategy Of Economic Growth That Is Articulated By A Very Smart, Capable Economist Actually Yields Growth? You Can't. But You Can Influence.

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How Do You Measure Whether Or Not A Strategy Of Economic Growth That Is Articulated By A Very Smart, Capable Economist Actually Yields Growth? You Can't. But You Can Influence.

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Britain And America

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There's No Question That The Minute I Got Elected, The Storm Clouds On The Horizon Were Getting Nearly Directly Overhead.

What I'm Telling You Is There's Too Many Junk Lawsuits Suing Too Many Doctors.

He's My Man, He Was Great

Please Don't Look At The Part Of The Glass That Is Only Half Full.

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

For All Who Love Freedom And Peace, The World Without Saddam Hussein's Regime Is A Better And Safer Place.

The Fact That He Relies On Facts - Says Things That Are Not Factual - Are Going To Undermine His Campaign.

If You're A Poor Worker - This Is For New Workers Coming Into The Workplace - Your Benefits Will Increase At The Current Rate Of Increase. If You're A Wealthier Worker, Your Benefits Would Increase At The Rate Of Inflation. And Those Changes Would Affect Positively The Unfunded Liabilities Inherent In Social Security.

I Really Don't Want To In The Press, Genuinely Don't Want To Be In The Press.

Free Nations Are Peaceful Nations. Free Nations Don't Attack Each Other. Free Nations Don't Develop Weapons Of Mass Destruction.

Terrorists Like Bin Laden Are Serious About Mass Murder - And All Of Us Must Take Their Declared Intentions Seriously. They Seek To Impose A Heartless System Of Totalitarian Control Throughout The Middle East, And Arm Themselves With Weapons Of Mass Murder. . . . Their Aim Is To Seize Power In Iraq, And Use It As A Safe Haven To Launch Attacks Against America And The World.

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Mass Destruction

The Resolution Approved Today Presents The Iraqi Regime With A Test - A Final Test.

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.

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

There Are Prayers That Help Us Last Through The Day, Or Endure The Night. There Are Prayers Of Friends And Strangers, That Give Us Strength For The Journey. And There Are Prayers That Yield Our Will To A Will Greater Than Our Own.

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Sense Of Responsibility

I Didn't Grow Up In The Ocean -- As A Matter Of Fact -- Near The Ocean -- I Grew Up In The Desert. Therefore, It Was A Pleasant Contrast To See The Ocean. And I Particularly Like It When I'm Fishing.

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Those Who Heralded The Decision Not To Give Law Enforcement The Tools Necessary To Protect The American People Just Simply Don't See The World The Way We Do.

I Believe That Democracy Will Prevail, So Long As The United States Stays With These Young Democracies To Help Them.

If You Don't Feel Something Strongly You're Not Going To Achieve.

I'm Comfortable With How I Lived My Life As The President.

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The True History Of My Administration Will Be Written 50 Years From Now, And You And I Will Not Be Around To See It.

How Can You Possibly Have An International Agreement That's Effective Unless Countries Like China And India Are Not Full Participants?

A Good Marriage Is Really Good After Serving Together In Washington, D.c.

For Decades, Free Nations Tolerated Oppression In The Middle East For The Sake Of Stability. In Practice, This Approach Brought Little Stability And Much Oppression, So I Have Changed This Policy.

I Strongly Oppose Cloning, As Do Most Americans. We Recoil At The Idea Of Growing Human Beings For Spare Body Parts Or Creating Life For Our Convenience. And While We Must Devote Enormous Energy To Conquering Disease, It Is Equally Important That We Pay Attention To The Moral Concerns Raised By The New Frontier Of Human Embryo Stem Cell Research. Even The Most Noble Ends Do Not Justify Any Means.

I Understand Politics And I Know There's Gonna Be A Lot Of Verbage.

I Can Press When There Needs To Be Pressed; I Can Hold Hands When There Needs To Be - Hold Hands.

I'm Honored To Shake The Hand Of A Brave Iraqi Citizen Who Had His Hand Cut Off By Saddam Hussein.

The Iraqi Regime Is A Threat Of Unique Urgency. [...] It Has Developed Weapons Of Mass Death.

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.

Islam Is A Vibrant Faith. Millions Of Our Fellow Citizens Are Muslim. We Respect The Faith. We Honor Its Traditions. Our Enemy Does Not. Our Enemy Doesn't Follow The Great Traditions Of Islam. They've Hijacked A Great Religion.

Remember The Three Princes Of Serendip Who Went Out Looking For Treasure? They Didn't Find What They Were Looking For, But They Kept Finding Things Just As Valuable. That's Serendipity, And Our Business [drugs] Is Full Of It.

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 Promise You I Will Listen To What Has Been Said Here, Even Though I Wasn't Here.

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