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I Ask You To Uphold The Values Of America And Remember Why So Many Have Come Here. We're In A Fight For Our Principles, And Our First Responsibility Is To Live By Them. No One Should Be Singled Out For Unfair Treatment Or Unkind Words Because Of Their Ethnic Background Or Religious Faith.

-George W. Bush

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George W. Bush

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I Ask You To Uphold The Values Of America And Remember Why So Many Have Come Here. We're In A Fight For Our Principles, And Our First Responsibility Is To Live By Them. No One Should Be Singled Out For Unfair Treatment Or Unkind Words Because Of Their Ethnic Background Or Religious Faith.

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We Will Not Permit The Triumph Of Violence In The Affairs Of Men; Free People Will Set The Course Of History.

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No, I Know All The War Rhetoric, But It's All Aimed At Achieving Peace.

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I Appreciate That Question Because I, In The State Of Texas, Had Heard A Lot Of Discussion About A Faith-based Initiative Eroding The Important Bridge Between Church And State.

Liberty Is The Right And Hope Of All Humanity.

Some Of The Scientists, I Believe, Haven't They Been Changing Their Opinion A Little Bit On Global Warming? There's A Lot Of Differing Opinions And Before We React I Think It's Best To Have The Full Accounting, Full Understanding Of What's Taking Place.

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've Set A Clear Doctrine: America Makes No Distinction Between The Terrorists And The Countries That Harbor Them. If You Harbor A Terrorist, You're Just As Guilty As The Terrorists, And You're An Enemy Of The United States Of America.

We Have To Find The Origin Of The Problem. The Origin Of The Problem In Many African Countries Is That You've Got State Bureaucracies Which Are Too Bloated.

It's Exciting For Me To See [laura Bush] Busy And Out There Enjoying What She's Doing. But We Always Make Time To Be With Each Other As Well.

Fathers Have A Unique And Irreplaceable Role In The Lives Of Children.

[should] Iraq Acquire Fissile Material, It Would Be Able To Build A Nuclear Weapon Within A Year.

[saddam Hussein] Could Have Easily Reconstituted A Program. He Was A Threat To Peace Before We Went In. He'd Have Been A Threat To Peace Had We Left Him In Power. Oftentimes History Judges You On The Decisions You Make.

Decisions You Make

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.

Use Power To Help People. For We Are Given Power Not To Advance Our Own Purposes Nor To Make A Great Show In The World, Nor A Name. There Is But One Just Use Of Power And It Is To Serve People.

How Do You Know If You Don't Measure If You Have A System That Simply Suckles Kids Through?

Bill Clinton And I Are Friends; We See Each Other On The Speaking Circuit. He Likes To Be Visible. I Don't. And I Draw No Judgment Either Way.

My Point Is That She's [laura Bush] Busy And I'm Busy, Which Makes Our Marriage Not Only Interesting But Exciting.

The Best Diplomacy Starts With Getting To Know Each Other.

Getting To Know Each Other

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