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I Can Look You In The Eye And Tell You I Feel I've Tried To Solve The Problem Diplomatically To The Max, And Would Have Committed Troops Both In Afghanistan And Iraq Knowing What I Know Today.

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I Can Look You In The Eye And Tell You I Feel I've Tried To Solve The Problem Diplomatically To The Max, And Would Have Committed Troops Both In Afghanistan And Iraq Knowing What I Know Today.

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All Of Us Here Today Understand This: We Do Not Fight Islam, We Fight Against Evil.

We`ll Fight Terrorists In Iraq, We'll Fight Them Across The World, And We Will Stay In The Fight Until The Fight Is Won.

I Knew It Might Put Him In An Awkward Position That We Had A Discussion Before Finality Has Finally Happened In This Presidential Race.

I Am Committed To The First Amendment Principles Of Religious Freedom, Tolerance, And Diversity. Whether Mormon, Methodist, Jewish, Or Muslim, Americans Should Be Able To Participate In Their Constitutional Free Exercise Of Religion. I Do Not Think Witchcraft Is A Religion, And I Do Not Think It Is In Any Way Appropriate For The U.s. Military To Promote It.

America Is A Friend To The People Of Iraq. Our Demands Are Directed Only At The Regime That Enslaves Them And Threatens Us. When These Demands Are Met, The First And Greatest Benefit Will Come To Iraqi Men, Women And Children.

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

See, In My Line Of Work You Got To Keep Repeating Things Over And Over And Over Again For The Truth To Sink In, To Kind Of Catapult The Propaganda.

Our Nation Must Defend The Sanctity Of Marriage.

Sanctity Of Marriage

Are The Peoples Of The Middle East Somehow Beyond The Reach Of Liberty? Are Millions Of Men And Women And Children Condemned By History Or Culture To Live In Despotism? Are They Alone Never To Know Freedom And Never Even To Have A Choice In The Matter?

We Do Not Create Terrorism By Fighting The Terrorists. We Invite Terrorism By Ignoring Them.

Culture Of Life Is Really Important For A Country To Have If It's Going To Be A Hospitable Society.

A Lot Of People In The Usa Probably Don't Understand How Important They Are To The Mortgage Markets. And It's Really Important For People To Have Confidence In The Mortgage Markets And That There Be Stability In The Mortgage Markets.

I Could Have Easily Not Run For President, And People Would Have Come Up And Said, "oh, Man, You Would Have Been A Great President." Or Even A Lousy President. But I Never Would Have Known Had I Not Chosen To Run. Part Of Life Is Seizing The Moment.

Look, This Is A Man, He's Got Great Numbers. He Talks About Numbers. I'm Beginning To Think Not Only Did He Invent The Internet, But He Invented The Calculator. It's Fuzzy Math. It's A Scaring - Trying To Scare People In The Voting Booth. Under My Tax Plan, That He Continues To Criticize, I Set A Third - The Federal Government Should Take No More Than A Third Of Anybody's Check.

America Has Entered A Great Struggle That Tests Our Strength, And Even More Our Resolve. Our Nation Is Patient And Steadfast. We Continue To Pursue The Terrorists In Cities And Camps And Caves Across The Earth. We Are Joined By A Great Coalition Of Nations To Rid The World Of Terror. And We Will Not Allow Any Terrorist Or Tyrant To Threaten Civilization With Weapons Of Mass Murder. Now And In The Future, Americans Will Live As Free People, Not In Fear, And Never At The Mercy Of Any Foreign Plot Or Power.

I Don't Particularly Like It When People Put Words In My Mouth, Either, By The Way, Unless I Say It.

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

If The Terriers And Bariffs Are Torn Down, This Economy Will Grow.

The Greatest Source Of America's Generosity Is Not Our Government; It's The Good Heart Of The American People.

I Think We Agree, The Past Is Over.

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.

The Challenge In Iraq Is To Provide A Security Plan Such That A Political Process Can Go Forward. I'm Sure You All Are Tired Of Hearing Me Say 12 Million Iraqi Voted. But It's An Indication About The Desire For People To Live In A Free Society. That's What That Means. The Only Way To Defeat Al Qaida Ideology In The Long Term Is To Defeat It Through Another Ideology, A Competing Ideology, One That - Where Government Responds To The Will Of The People.

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

Senator Kerry Has Been In Washington Long Enough To Take Both Sides On Just About Every Issue.

The Only Thing I Know About Slovakia Is What I Learned First-hand From Your Foreign Minister, Who Came To Texas.

The Only Way We Can Win Is If We Leave Before The Job Is...done.

We'll Find Them. It'll Be A Matter Of Time To Do So.

The Biggest Threat Facing America Is Terrorists With Weapons Of Mass Destruction.

Mass Destruction

It's Amazing I Won. I Was Running Against Peace, Prosperity, And Incumbency." —george W. Bush, June 14, 2001, Speaking To Swedish Prime Minister Goran Perrson, Unaware That A Live Television Camera Was Still Rolling.

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

I Want To Help People Help Themselves, Not Have Government Tell People What To Do. I Just Don't Think It's The Role Of The United States To Walk Into A Country And Say, We Do It This Way, So Should You.

I Think You Can Grow Your Economy And At The Same Time Do A Better Job Of Harnessing Greenhouse Gases. I Don't Think You Can Expect Any American Leader To Wreck The Economy, Nor As An Ally And A Friend Of America And A Trading Partner Of America Should You Want Us To Wreck Our Economy.

I Know How Hard It Is For You To Put Food On Your Family.

If You've Got Somebody In Harm's Way, You Want The President Being -- Making Advice, Not -- Be Given Advice By The Military, And Not Making Decisions Based Upon The Latest Gallup Poll Or Focus Group.

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

The United States Of America Is Engaged In A War Against An Extremist Group Of Folks.

Extremist Groups

[my Father] Taught Me (at Least He Showed Me) A Dignified Way To Be A Former President Is That Once You're Off The Stage, You're Off The Stage.

The American People Are Proud To Welcome Your Majesty Back To The United States, A Nation You've Come To Know Very Well. After All, You've Dined With 10 U.s. Presidents. You've Helped Our Nation Celebrate Its Bicentennial In 17 - In 1976.

Faith Is The Framework For Living. It Gives Us The Spirit And Heart That Affects Everything We Do. If Gives Us Hope Each Day. Faith Gives Us Purpose To Right Wrongs, To Preserve Our Families, And To Teach Our Children Values. Faith Gives Us Conscience To Keep Us Honest, Even When Nobody Is Looking. And, Faith Can Change Lives; I Know First Hand, Because Faith Changed Mine.

I Believe Strongly That To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Required - We Are A Blessed Nation - And That The United States Could Affect Suffering In A Positive Way.

Through Adoption, Americans Can Forever Change Not Only A Child's Life But Also Their Own.

There's Only One Person Who Hugs The Mothers And The Widows, The Wives And The Kids Upon The Death Of Their Loved One. Others Hug But Having Committed The Troops, I've Got An Additional Responsibility To Hug And That's Me And I Know What It's Like.

It's Your Money. You Paid For It.

Redefining The Role Of The United States From Enablers To Keep The Peace To Enablers To Keep The Peace From Peacekeepers Is Going To Be An Assignment.

What's All This Whining About The Environment? They're Always Talking About 'stop The Clearcuts.' I Mean Do The Math People. If We Were Out Of Trees Then We Wouldn't Have Any Clearcuts To Be Complaining About Now Would We?

I Would Still Invade Iraq Even If Iraq Never Existed

The United States And Rich Countries Cannot Change Africa From Within. It Has To Impose Reform On Africa; It Has To Come From Within.

No Matter How Advanced Our Economy Might Be, No Matter How Sophisticated Our Equipment Becomes, For The Foreseeable Future We Will Still Depend On Fossil Fuels.

In The Long Term, To Defeat This Ideology [terrorism] - And They [terrorists] Are Bound By An Ideology - You Defeat It With A More Hopeful Ideology Called Freedom.

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

As Far As The Legal Hassling And Wrangling And Posturing In Florida, I Would Suggest You Talk To Our Team In Florida Led By Jim Baker.

From The Beginning, I Said That Israel, One, Has A Right To Defend Herself, But Israel Ought To Be Cautious About How She Defends Herself. Israel's A Democratically Elected Government. They Make Decisions On Their Own Sovereignty. It's Their Decision-making That Is What Leads To The Tactics They Chose.

I Do Not Think Witchcraft Is A Religion, And I Do Not Think It Is In Any Way Appropriate For The Us Military To Promote It.

You Know, One Day You're Being Briefed On World Affairs And Asked To Make Decisions, And The Next, You're In Crawford, Texas ... And The Biggest Decision Is When Do You Go Mountain Bike Riding.

I Regret That We Weren't Able To Reform Social Security. The Fact That We Weren't Able To When We Had Majorities In The House And The Senate I Think Reflected Poorly On Our Political Party.

Because Marriage Is A Sacred Institution And The Foundation Of Society, It Should Not Be Redefined By Activist Judges. For The Good Of Families, Children And Society, I Support A Constitutional Amendment To Protect The Institution Of Marriage.

There Are A Lot Of Tactical Decisions That, If I Could Have Done Them Over, I Would Have.

This Is A War Between Good And Evil. And We Have Made It Clear To The World That We Will Stand Strong On The Side Of Good, And We Expect Other Nations To Join Us. This Is Not A War Between Our World And Their World. It Is A War To Save The World.

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.

After 9/11, We Had To Look At The World Differently. After 9/11, We Had To Recognize That When We Saw A Threat, We Must Take It Seriously Before It Comes To Hurt Us. In The Old Days We'd See A Threat, And We Could Deal With It If We Felt Like It Or Not. But 9/11 Changed It All.

The Survival Of Liberty In Our Land Increasingly Depends On The Success Of Liberty In Other Lands.

We Will Build Our Defenses Beyond Challenge, Lest Weakness Invite Challenge. We Will Confront Weapons Of Mass Destruction, So That A New Century Is Spared New Horrors.

Mass Destruction

[strong Marriage] Starts With Being Married To A Remarkable Person. And I Am. I Jokingly Say That I Stood Up In Front Of A Crowd Once And Said, "laura's The Greatest First Lady Ever," And Then Realized My Mother Was In The Audience.

A Dictatorship Would Be A Heck Of A Lot Easier, There's No Question About It. Dealing With Congress Is A Matter Of Give And Take. The President Doesn't Get Everything He Wants, The Congress Doesn't Get Everything They Want. But We're Finding Good Common Ground.

We May Discover Resources On The Moon Or Mars That Will Boggle The Imagination, That Will Test Our Limits To Dream. And The Fascination Generated By Further Exploration Will Inspire Our Young People To Study Math, And Science, And Engineering And Create A New Generation Of Innovators And Pioneers.

To Those Of You Who Received Honours, Awards And Distinctions, I Say, Well Done. And To The C Students, I Say, You Too Can Be President Of The United States.

Having Purpose. I Had Purpose During My Presidency, And I've Got Purpose After My Presidency.

Reading History While You Make History Can Teach You A Lot.

Reading History

People Say, 'how Can I Help On This War Against Terror? How Can I Fight Evil?' You Can Do So By Mentoring A Child; By Going Into A Shut-in's House And Say I Love You.

We Don't Want Washington Democrats Running The House Of Representatives.

I Don't Think It's Good For America To Have A Former President Undermine A Current President.

As I Mentioned We Have Arrested Or Detained Over 1,000 People Here In America To Determine To Find Out What They Know.

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.

The Administration Took Care Of A Source Of Instability In Iraq. Envision A World In Which Saddam Hussein Was Rushing For A Nuclear Weapon To Compete Against Iran. My Decision To Remove Saddam Hussein Was The Correct Decision In My Judgment. We Didn't Find The Weapons We Thought We Would Find Or The Weapons Everybody Thought He Had. But He Was A Significant Source Of Instability.

I've Thought A Lot About What It Means To Be The President. I Also Understand An Administration Is Not One Person But An Administration Is Dedicated Citizens Who Are Called By The President To Serve The Country, To Serve A Cause Greater Than Self. And So I've Thought About An Administration Of People Who Represent All America, But People Who Understand My Compassionate And Conservative Philosophy.

The Reason We Start A War Is To Fight A War, Win A War, Thereby Causing No More War!

Through Much Of The Last Century, America's Faith In Freedom And Democracy Was A Rock In A Raging Sea. Now It Is A Seed Upon The Wind, Taking Root In Many Nations.

Some Have Argued That Confronting The Threat From Iraq Could Detract From The War Against Terror. To The Contrary, Confronting The Threat Posed By Iraq Is Crucial To Winning The War On Terror.

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.

There Has Been Some Conditionalities In The Sense That This Debt Relief Is Supposed To Release Resources To Be Devoted To Education, Healthcare And Infrastructure, For Example. In The Past African Government Made Such Promises But They Never Carried Them Out.

I Want Everybody To Hear Loud And Clear That I'm Going To Be The President Of Everybody.

It's Good To See So Many Friends Here In The Rose Garden. This Is Our First Event In This Beautiful Spot, And It's Appropriate We Talk About Policy That Will Affect People's Lives In A Positive Way In Such A Beautiful, Beautiful Part Of Our National - Really, Our National Park System, My Guess Is You Would Want To Call It.

I Fully Understand Some People Don't Believe It's Possible For Freedom And Democracy To Overcome This Ideology Of Hatred. I Understand That. I Just Happen To Believe It Is Possible. And I Believe It Will Happen.

In The Long Run, Stability Cannot Be Purchased At The Expense Of Liberty.

I'm Hopeful. I Know There Is A Lot Of Ambition In Washington, Obviously. But I Hope The Ambitious Realize That They Are More Likely To Succeed With Success As Opposed To Failure.

We're Not Into Nation-building. We're Into Justice.

Nation Building

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

This Business About Graceful Exit Just Simply Has No Realism To It At All.

We Had A Shared Experience. That Makes A Good Marriage Better. In Many Ways Our Marriage Is Great Because She Has Made It Great.

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

Many People Are Coming To This Country For Economic Reasons. They're Coming Here To Work. If You Can Make 50 Cents In The Heart Of Mexico, For Example, Or Make $5 Here In America, $5.15, You're Going To Come Here If You're Worth Your Salt, If You Want To Put Food On The Table For Your Families. And That's What's Happening.

Eid Is A Time Of Joy, After A Season Of Fasting And Prayer And Reflection. Each Year, The End Of Ramadan Means Celebration And Thanksgiving For Millions Of Americans. And Your Joy During This Season Enriches The Life Of Our Great Country. This Year, Eid Is Celebrated At The Same Time As Hanukkah And Advent. So It's A Good Time For People Of These Great Faiths, Islam, Judaism And Christianity, To Remember How Much We Have In Common: Devotion To Family, A Commitment To Care For Those In Need, A Belief In God And His Justice, And The Hope For Peace On Earth.

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

And After September The 11th, The United States Congress Also Granted Me Additional Authority To Use Military Force Against Al Qaeda. . . .

What Matters Is That In This Iraq Campaign That We Clarify The Different Points Of View. And There Are A Lot Of People In The Democratic Party Who Believe That The Best Course Of Action Is To Leave Iraq Before The Job Is Done. Period. And They're Wrong. And The American People Have Got To Understand The Consequence Of Leaving Iraq Before The Job Is Done. We're Not Going To Leave Iraq Before The Job Is Done And We'll Complete The Mission In Iraq.

I Want To Remind You Right Quick What This Country Has Been Through, And The Challenges This Economy Had Faced Over The Last Three Years. First, We Went Through A Recession. That Means We Were Going Backwards.

The Greatest Power Of Freedom Is To Overcome Hatred And Violence, And Turn The Creative Gifts Of Men And Women To The Pursuits Of Peace.

My Relationship With God Through Christ Has Given Me Meaning And Direction. My Faith Has Made A Big Difference In My Personal Life, And My Public Life As Well. I Make Personal Decisions Every Day. Some Are Easy, And Some Aren't So Easy. I Have Worries Just Like You Do. And I Pray. I Pray For Guidance. I Pray For Patience. I Firmly Believe In The Power Of Intercessory Prayer; And I Know That I Could Not Do My Job Without It.

In The Corporate World, Sometimes Things Aren`t Exactly Black And White When It Comes To Accounting Procedures.

Black And White

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.

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

I Frankly Felt Like The Reception We Received On The Way In From The Airport Was Very Warm And Hospitable. And I Want To Thank The Canadian People Who Came Out To Wave -- With All Five Fingers -- For Their Hospitality.

Mathematics Are One Of The Fundamentaries Of Educationalizing Our Youth.

Do You Realize We've Got 250 Million Years Of Coal? But Coal Has Got Environmental Hazards To It, But There's-i'm Convinced, And I Know That We-technology Can Be Developed So We Can Have Zero-emissions Coal-fired Electricity Plants.

I'm A Content Person And I'm Content Knowing That I Gave It My All When I Was President.

I Thought Colin Powell Did A Fine Job As Secretary Of State.

Do You Have Blacks, Too?

I'm Going To Spend A Lot Of Time On Social Security. I Enjoy It. I Enjoy Taking On The Issue. I Guess, It's The Mother In Me.

Every Nation In Every Region Now Has A Decision To Make. Either You Are With Us, Or You Are With The Terrorists.

We Want More People Owning Things In This Country. Let Me Put It To You Bluntly: In A Changing World, We Want More People To Have Control Over Your Own Life.

And Uh, So, I'm Running For A Reason. I'm Answering This Question Here And The Answer Is, You Cannot Lead America To A Positive Tomorrow With Revenge On One's Mind. Revenge Is So Incredibly Negative. And So To Answer Your Question, I'm Going To Win Because People Sense My Heart, Know My Sense Of Optimism And Know Where I Want To Lead The Country. And I Tease People By Saying, "a Leader, You Can't Say, Follow Me The World Is Going To Be Worse." I'm An Optimistic Person. I'm An Inherently Content Person.

We've Got To Have All Those Tools. The Patriot Act Tearing Down Those Walls Between Intel And Law Enforcement Are A Necessary Part Of Protecting The Country. But, In The Long Term, The Only Way To Defeat This Terrorist Bunch Is Through The Spread Of Liberty And Freedom. And That's A Big Challenge. I Understand It's A Challenge. It Requires Commitment And Patience And Persistence.

I Talked To My Little Brother, Jeb - I Haven't Told This To Many People. But He's The Governor Of - I Shouldn't Call Him My Little Brother - My Brother, Jeb, The Great Governor Of Texas.

We Will Allow Private And Religious Groups To Compete To Provide Services In Every Federal, State And Local Social Program.

If You Raise Taxes During A Recession, You Head To Depression.

I'm Playing Golf. I Ride My Mountain Bike. A Lot. I Think It's Very Important For Me And Other People My Age To Continue To Exercise.

According To Muslim Teachings, God First Revealed His Word In The Holy Qur'an To The Prophet, Muhammad, During The Month Of Ramadan. That Word Has Guided Billions Of Believers Across The Centuries, And Those Believers Built A Culture Of Learning And Literature And Science. All The World Continues To Benefit From This Faith And Its Achievements.

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

When You See A Threat, You Just Can't Hope For The Best In This Day And Age, Where Terrorists Are Capable Of Inflicting Damage On The Homeland.

Hoping For The Best

If Our Commanders On The Ground Say We Need More Troops, I Will Send Them. But Our Commanders Tell Me They Have The Number Of Troops They Need To Do Their Job. Sending More Americans Would Undermine Our Strategy Of Encouraging Iraqis To Take The Lead In This Fight. And Sending More Americans Would Suggest That We Intend To Stay Forever, When We Are, In Fact, Working For The Day When Iraq Can Defend Itself And We Can Leave.

I Mean, These Good Folks Are Revolutionizing How Businesses Conduct Their Business. And, Like Them, I Am Very Optimistic About Our Position In The World And About Its Influence On The United States. We're Concerned About The Short-term Economic News, But Long-term I'm Optimistic. And So, I Hope Investors, You Know - Secondly, I Hope Investors Hold Investments For Periods Of Time - That I've Always Found The Best Investments Are Those That You Salt Away Based On Economics.

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

I Was Raised In The West. The West Of Texas. It's Pretty Close To California. In More Ways Than Washington, D.c., Is Close To California.

Afghanistan Is The Most Daring And Ambition Mission In The History Of Nato.

What's Very Interesting About The Violence In Lebanon And The Violence In Iraq And The Violence In Gaza Is This: These Are All Groups Of Terrorists Who Are Trying To Stop The Advance Of Democracy. They're Trying To Thwart The Will Of Millions Who Simply Want A Normal, Hopeful Life. That's What We're Seeing.

The Question Is Who Ought To Make That Decision, The Congress Or The Commanders? And As You Know, My Position Is Clear. I'm A Commander Guy.

The Future Success Of Our Nation Depends On Our Ability To Understand The Difference Between Right And Wrong And To Have The Strength Of Character To Make The Right Choices.

Because European Countries Now Resolve Differences Through Negotiation And Consensus, There's Sometimes An Assumption That The Entire World Functions In The Same Way. But Let Us Never Forget ... Beyond Europe's Borders, In A World Where Oppression And Violence Are Very Real, Liberation Is Still A Moral Goal, And Freedom And Security Still Need Defenders.

On All Vital Measures, Measures Necessary To Protect You, The Democrats In Washington Follow A Simple Philosophy: Just Say No.

I Also Have Picked A Secretary For Housing And Human Development. Mel Martinez From The State Of Florida.

We Have One Country, One Constitution And One Future That Binds Us.

It Was Just Inebriating What Midland Was All About Then.

Political Humor

Good Stewardship Of The Environment Is Not Just A Personal Responsibility, It Is A Public Value... Our Duty Is To Use The Land Well, And Sometimes Not To Use It At All. This Is Our Responsibility As Citizens, But More Than That, It Is Our Calling As Stewards Of The Earth.

I Believe The Role Of Government Is To Stand Side By Side With Our Citizens To Help Them Realize Their Dreams, Not Tell Citizens How To Live Their Lives.

I'm Comfortable That I Made The Best Decisions I Possibly Could.

The Market Is In The Process Of Correcting Itself.

My Job Is To Make Sure That, As President, People Understand That In This Country You Can Worship Any Way You Choose. And I'll Take That A Step Further. You Can Be A Patriot If You Don't Believe In The Almighty. You Can Honor Your Country And Be As Patriotic As Your Neighbor.

There Are Some Monuments Where The Land Is So Widespread, They Just Encompass As Much As Possible. And The Integral Part Of The - The Precious Part, So To Speak - I Guess All Land Is Precious, But The Part That The People Uniformly Would Not Want To Spoil, Will Not Be Despoiled. But There Are Parts Of The Monument Lands Where We Can Explore Without Affecting The Overall Environment.

You Know, I'm The President During This Period Of Time, But I Think When The History Of This Period Is Written, People Will Realize A Lot Of The Decisions That Were Made On Wall Street Took Place Over A Decade Or So, Before I Arrived In President, During I Arrived In President.

I Don't Know Where [osama Bin Laden] Is. You Know, I Just Don't Spend That Much Time On Him, To Be Honest With You. I'm More Worried About Making Sure That Our Soldiers Are Well Supplied, That The Strategy Is Clear, That The Coalition Is Strong.

Faith Crosses Every Border And Touches Every Heart In Every Nation.

There Was No Evidence That Saddam Hussein Was Involved With The Attack Of 9/11, I've Never Said That And Never Made That Case Prior To Going Into Iraq.

Information Is Moving - You Know, Nightly News Is One Way, Of Course, But It's Also Moving Through The Blogosphere And Through The Internets.

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.

We Need To Have Our Medical Records Put On The It.

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

Look, The Key For Me Is To Keep Expectations Low.

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.

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

[islam] Inspires Countless Individuals To Lead Lives Of Honesty, Integrity, And Morality.

In The Long Term, We've Got To Defeat An Ideology Of Hate With An Ideology Of Hope. There' A Reason Why People Like [al-qaida Leader Osama] Bin Laden Are Able To Recruit Suiciders, Because If You Don't Have Hope, You're Attracted To An Ideology Which Says, It's Ok To Kill People And Kill Yourself.

When A Drug Comes In From Canada, I Wanna Make Sure It Cures Ya, Not Kill Ya... I've Got An Obligation To Make Sure Our Government Does Everything We Can To Protect You. And One - My Worry Is That It Looks Like It's From Canada, And It Might Be From A Third World.

Like Other Forms Of Stealing, Identity Theft Leaves The Victim Poor And Feeling Terribly Violated.

I Think Most People, When They Take A Look At The Candidates And The Positions Of The Candidates, Realize That Protecting This Country And Keeping This Economy Going Are The Two Most Important Issues. And You Can't Protect The Country If You Retreat From Overseas, And You Can't Keep The Economy Growing If You Raise Taxes. And That's Exactly What The Democrats In The House Would Like To Do.

We're Not Going To Spend Taxpayers' Money On Abortion. This Is An Issue That Divides America. But Certainly Reasonable People Can Agree On How To Reduce Abortions In America.

I Think If We Have A Policy Of Zero Violence, It Won't Be Met, But The Policy Of Getting The Iraqis In The Fight And Marginalizing Those Who Are Trying To Stir Up Trouble Will Be Effective.

Never Paint Your Wife Or Your Mother.

Great Tragedy Has Come To Us, And We Are Meeting It With The Best That Is In Our Country, With Courage And Concern For Others Because This Is America. This Is Who We Are.

Concern For Others

Year After Year In Washington, Budget Debates Seem To Come Down To An Old, Tired Argument: On One Side, Those Who Want More Government, Regardless Of The Cost; On The Other, Those Who Want Less Government, Regardless Of The Need....government Has A Role, And An Important Role. Yet, Too Much Government Crowds Out Initiative And Hard Work, Private Charity And The Private Economy....government Should Be Active, But Limited; Engaged, But Not Overbearing.

Ann And I Will Carry Out This Equivocal Message To The World: Markets Must Be Open.

In The Face Of All This Evil, We Remain Strong And United, 'one Nation Under God.'

I View My Time In Politics As A Chapter, Not My Life.

Our Intelligence Officials Estimate That Saddam Hussein Had The Materials To Produce As Much As 500 Tons Of Sarin, Mustard And Vx Nerve Agent.

Mass Destruction

I Think -- Tide Turning -- See, As I Remember -- I Was Raised In The Desert, But Tides Kind Of -- It's Easy To See A Tide Turn -- Did I Say Those Words?

The Wisest Use Of American Strength Is To Advance Freedom.

American Strength

Except When You're Marching To War, It's Not A Very Optimistic Thought, Is It? In Other Words, It's The Opposite Of Optimistic When You're Thinking You're Going To War.

For Every Fatal Shooting, There Are About 3 Non-fatal Shootings. Folks, This Is Unacceptable In America.

We Have Set Out To Promote The Work Of Community And Faith-based Charities. Government Cannot Be Replaced By Charities, But It Can Welcome Them As Partners Instead Of Resenting Them As Rivals.

I Will Reach Out To Others And Explain Why I Make The Decisions I Make.

I Don't Think Our Troops Ought To Be Used For What's Called Nation Building.

The Advance Of Human Freedom - The Great Achievement Of Our Time, And The Great Hope Of Every Time - Now Depends On Us. Our Nation - This Generation - Will Lift A Dark Threat Of Violence From Our People And Our Future. We Will Rally The World To This Cause By Our Efforts, By Our Courage. We Will Not Tire, We Will Not Falter, And We Will Not Fail.

Sometimes, Words Have Consequences You Don't Intend Them To Mean.

I'm Not So Sure The Role Of The United States Is Going Around The World Saying This Is The Way Its Gotta Be.

Time Is Passing. Yet, For The United States Of America, There Will Be No Forgetting September The 11th. We Will Remember Every Rescuer Who Died In Honor. We Will Remember Every Family That Lives In Grief. We Will Remember The Fire And Ash, The Last Phone Calls, The Funerals Of The Children.

There's Not Going To Be Enough People In The System To Take Advantage Of People Like Me.

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.

I'm A Uniter Not A Divider. That Means When It Comes Time To Sew Up Your Chest Cavity, We Use Stitches As Opposed To Opening It Up.

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

Mass Destruction

My God, The Man Is A Fascist - A Fascist, I Tell You.

We're Too Great A Nation To Allow The Evil-doers To Affect Our Soul And Our Spirit.

Americans Do Not Turn Away From Duties Because They Are Hard.

My Job Is To Think Beyond The Immediate.

The Law I Sign Today Directs New Funds And New Focus To The Task Of Collecting Vital Intelligence On Terrorist Threats And On Weapons Of Mass Production.

Goodbye From The World's Biggest Polluter.

I Glance At The Headlines Just To Kind Of Get A Flavor For What's Moving. I Rarely Read The Stories, And Get Briefed By People Who Are Probably Read The News Themselves.

I Don't See How We Can Allow Public Dollars To Fund Programs Where Spite And Hate Is The Core Of The Message.

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

We Are Learning More As We Interrogate Or Have Discussions With Iraqi Scientists And People Within The Iraqi Structure, That Perhaps He Destroyed Some, Perhaps He Dispersed Some... And So We Will Find Them.

Mass Destruction

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.

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.

My Fellow Citizens, The Dangers To Our Country And The World Will Be Overcome. We Will Pass Through This Time Of Peril And Carry On The Work Of Peace. We Will Defend Our Freedom. We Will Bring Freedom To Others And We Will Prevail.

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

Usama Bin Laden Feels Like Iraq Is A Part Of This War On Terror. He Has Made It Clear That He Would Like For Us To Leave Before Iraq Can Defend Itself Or Govern Itself And Sustain Itself, So That He Could Have A Safe Haven From Which To Launch Further Attacks, A Safe Haven From Which To Topple Modern Governments, A Safe Haven From Which To, You Know, Be Able To Get A Hold Of Oil Resources.

I'm Comfortable With Time. Time Will Change.

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

I Come From The School Of Thought That Says When People Have More Money In Their Pocket During Economic Times, It Increases Demand Or Investment. Small Businesses Begin To Grow, And Jobs Are Added.

I Have Something Else To Ask You, To Ask Every American. I Ask You To Pray For This Great Nation.

We Got A Leader In Iran Who Has Announced That He Wants To Destroy Israel. So I've Told People That If You're Interested In Avoiding World War Iii, It Seems Like You Ought To Be Interested In Preventing Them From Have The Knowledge Necessary To Make A Nuclear Weapon.

The Students At Yale Came From All Different Backgrounds And All Parts Of The Country. Within Months, I Knew Many Of Them.

My Fellow Americans: Major Combat Operations In Iraq Have Ended. In The Battle Of Iraq, The United States And Our Allies Have Prevailed.

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