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

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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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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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Failure Is Not An Option

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

The Advance Of Liberty Is The Path To Both A Safer And Better World.

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.

Men Are Like Bank Accounts. Without A Lot Of Money They Don't Generate A Lot Of Interest.

I Feel A Sense Of Obligation To Our Troops And Their Families Because Of The Decisions That I Made. So I'm Involved With Veterans.

It Is A Ridiculous Notion To Assert That Because The United States Is On The Offense, More People Want To Hurt Us. We Are On The Offense Because People Do Want To Hurt Us.

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.

America Is The Land Of The Second Chance - And When The Gates Of The Prison Open, The Path Ahead Should Lead To A Better Life.

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

This Is A World That Is Much More Uncertain Than The Past. In The Past We Were Certain, We Were Certain It Was Us Versus The Russians In The Past. We Were Certain, And Therefore We Had Huge Nuclear Arsenals Aimed At Each Other To Keep The Peace. That's What We Were Certain Of... You See, Even Though It's An Uncertain World, We're Certain Of Some Things. We're Certain That Even Though The "evil Empire" May Have Passed, Evil Still Remains.

We Do Not Know How Much Our Climate Could Or Will Change In The Future. We Do Not Know How Fast Change Will Occur Or Even How Some Of Our Actions Could Impact 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.

Suiciders Are Willing To Kill Innocent Life In Order To Send The Projection That This Is An Impossible Mission.

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

Our Priorities Is Our Faith.

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So Long As I'm The President, My Measure Of Success Is Victory -- And Success.

The Best Way To Encourage Economic Vitality And Growth Is To Let People Keep Their Own Money.when You Spend Your Own Money, Somebody's Got To Manufacture That Which You're Spending It On. You See, More Money In The Private Sector Circulating Makes It More Likely That Our Economy Will Grow. And, Incredibly Enough, Some Want To Take Away Part Of Those Tax Cuts. They've Been Reading The Wrong Textbook. You Don't Raise Somebody's Taxes In The Middle Of A Recession. You Trust People With Their Own Money. And, By The Way, That Money Isn't The Government's Money; It's The People's Money.

Our Enemies Are A Radical Network Of Terrorists - And Every Government That Supports Them.

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.

I Believe In The Transformational Power Of Liberty. I Believe That The Free Iraq Is In This Nation's Interests. I Believe A Free Afghanistan Is In This Nation's Interest.

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We Have Learned That Terrorist Attacks Are Not Caused By The Use Of Strength; They Are Invited By The Perception Of Weakness. And The Surest Way To Avoid Attacks On Our Own People Is To Engage The Enemy Where He Lives And Plans. We Are Fighting That Enemy In Iraq And Afghanistan Today So That We Do Not Meet Him Again On Our Own Streets, In Our Own Cities.

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The United States Navy Carries The Might And The Mission Of America To The Farthest Parts Of The World.

I Regret The Fact That Saddam [hussein] Didn't Have Weapons Of Mass Destruction That We Thought. I Don't Regret Removing Him From Power.

Mass Destruction

To The Captives, 'come Out,' -- And To Those In Darkness, 'be Free.'

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I Urge All Texans To Answer The Call To Serve Those In Need. By Volunteering Their Time, Energy Or Resources To Helping Others, Adults And Youngsters Follow Christ's Message Of Love And Service In Thought And Deed. Therefore I, George W. Bush, Governor Of Texas, Do Hereby Proclaim June 10, 2000, Jesus Day In Texas And Urge The Appropriate Recognition Whereof. In Official Recognition Whereof, I Hereby Affix My Signature This 17th Day Of March, 2000.

As Americans, We Want Peace - We Work And Sacrifice For Peace. But There Can Be No Peace If Our Security Depends On The Will And Whims Of A Ruthless And Aggressive Dictator. I'm Not Willing To Stake One American Life On Trusting Saddam Hussein.

Now, We Have Inscribed A New Memory Alongside Those Others. It's A Memory Of Tragedy And Shock, Of Loss And Mourning. But Not Only Of Loss And Mourning. It's Also A Memory Of Bravery And Self-sacrifice, And The Love That Lays Down Its Life For A Friend-even A Friend Whose Name It Never Knew.

We Reflect On What Has Been Lost And Comfort Those Enduring A Profound Grief. And Somehow We Know That A Brighter Morning Will Come.

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Together, We Will Reclaim America's Schools, Before Ignorance And Apathy Claim More Young Lives.

What I Really Think Is Going To Happen Over Time Is Technology Is Going To Change The Way We Live For The Good For The Environment.

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

He Has Certainly Earned A Reputation As A Fantastic Mayor, Because The Results Speak For Themselves. I Mean, New York's A Safer Place For Him To Be.

I Think That The Vice President Is A Person Reflecting A Half-glass-full Mentality.

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?"

It's Important To Take Risks.

Sometimes When I Sleep At Night I Think Of (dr. Seuss's) 'hop On Pop.'

The Ambassador And The General Were Briefing Me On The....the Vast Majority Of Iraqis Want To Live In A Peaceful, Free World. And We Will Find These People And We Will Bring Them To Justice.

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.

Freedom Of Action In Space Is As Important To The United States As Air Power And Sea Power.

Our Goal In Iraq Is Victory. Our Goal Is For A Young Democracy To Be Able To Sustain Itself, Govern Itself, And Defend Itself And Serve As An Ally In The War On Terror.

I Believe In The Universality Of Freedom And Therefore Want To Be Involved In The Freedom Movement.

Verbosity Leads To Unclear, Inarticulate Things.

The United States Is A Christian Nation Founded Upon Christian Principles And Beliefs.

The Presidency Is A Serious Job That Requires Sound Judgment And Good Ideas, And There's No Doubt In My Mind That Jeb Bush Has The Experience And The Character To Be A Great President.

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 Would Have My Secretary Of Treasury Be In Touch With The Financial Centers, Not Only Here But At Home.

I Thought How Proud I Am To Be Standing Up Beside My Dad. Never Did It Occur To Me That He Would Become The Gist For Cartoonists.

I Love Free Speech.

Freedom Of Speech

And As A Result Of The United States Military, Taliban No Longer Is In Existence.

On The Issue Of Evolution, The Verdict Is Still Out On How God Created The Earth.

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.

This Campaign Not Only Hears The Voices Of The Entrepreneurs And The Farmers And The Entrepreneurs, We Hear The Voices Of Those Struggling To Get Ahead.

Free Societies Are Hopeful Societies. And Free Societies Will Be Allies Against These Hateful Few Who Have No Conscience, Who Kill At The Whim Of A Hat.

The Terrorists Believe That Free Societies Are Essentially Corrupt And Decadent And, With A Few Hard Blows, They Can Force Us To Retreat. They Are Mistaken.

In Spite Of Conflicting Signals - And In Spite Of A Popular Culture That Sometimes Puts Down Their Innocence - Most Of Our Kids Are Good Kids. Large Numbers Do Volunteer Work. Nearly All Believe In God, And Most Practice Their Faith. Teen Pregnancy And Violence Are Actually Going Down. Across America, Under A Program Called True Love Waits, Nearly A Million Teens Have Pledged Themselves To Abstain From Sex Until Marriage.

I Think Our Seniors Deserve A Modern Medical System.

I [have Big Plans]. Promoting Freedom Around The World, Particularly With Women In The Middle East. Working On Global Disease. Working On Accountability In Public Schools. And Advocating For A Free Marketplace And An Economic Environment In Which Businesses Can Innovate And Create Jobs.

Self-government Relies, In The End, On The Governing Of The Self.

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.

Keep Good Relations With The Grecians.

Those Who Make War Against The United States Have Chosen Their Own Destruction.

Thank You, Your Holiness. Awesome Speech.

People Say, Well, Do You Ever Hear Any Other Voices Other Than, Like, A Few People? Of Course I Do.

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.

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 Want To Live Out Principles That Became A Part Of My Life In My 40s, 50s, And 60s. One Principle Is The Universality Of Freedom.

I'm Not A Textbook Player. I'm A Gut Player.

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.

Tribal Sovereignty Means That. It's Sovereign. You're A... You're A... You've Been Given Sovereignty And You're Viewed As A Sovereign Entity.

American Indian

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.

I Repeat To You-my Own View Is, Is That If A State-if People Decide To-what They Do In The Privacy Of Their House, Consenting Adults Should Be Able To Do. This Is America. It's A Free Society, But It Doesn't Mean We Have To Redefine Traditional Marriage.

I've Made It Clear, Madam President, That The War Against Terrorism Is Not A War Against Muslims, Nor Is It A War Against Arabs. It's A War Against Evil People Who Conduct Crimes Against Innocent People.

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.

Victory Means Exit Strategy. And It's Important For The President To Explain To Us What The Exit Strategy Is.

I've Been To War. I've Raised Twins. If I Had A Choice, I'd Rather Go To War.

There's Nothing More Deep Than Recognizing Israel's Right To Exist. That's The Most Deep Thought Of All. ... I Can't Think Of Anything More Deep Than That Right.

We Do Not Prescribe Any Prayer; We Welcome All Prayer.

The Advance Of Freedom Is The Great Story Of Our Time

The American People Have Got A Touchstone: Which Party Voted For The Tools Necessary To Protect America And Which Party Didn't? And That's What I'm Trying To Get People To Focus On.

You Cannot Solve A Problem Unless You Diagnose The Problem.

I Believe A Marriage Is Between A Man And A Woman.

If A Person Doesn't Have The Capacity That We All Want That Person To Have, I Suspect Hope Is In The Far Distant Future, If At All.

No Matter What Your Politics Is, We Ought To Be Thanking People For Volunteering.

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.

If Affirmative Action Means What I Just Described, What I'm For, Then I'm For It.

All Of Us In America Want There To Be Fairness When It Comes To Justice.

It Is No Accident That The Rise Of So Many Democracies Took Place In A Time When The World's Most Influential Nation Was Itself A Democracy.

We'll Succeed Unless We Quit.

I'm Just Beginning To Live The Next Chapter Of My Life. In Other Words, Politics - Being Governor And President - Is Not The End Of My Life. It's A Chapter.

It's Important For Young Men And Women Who Look At The Nebraska Champs To Understand That Quality Of Life Is More Than Just Blocking Shots.

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.

During My Senior Year I Joined Skull And Bones, A Secret Society, So Secret I Can't Say Anything More.

We Got Plenty Of Money In Washington. What We Need Is More Priority.

This Thaw Took A While To Thaw, It's Going To Take A While To Unthaw.

First, Let Me Make It Very Clear, Poor People Aren't Necessarily Killers. Just Because You Happen To Be Not Rich Doesn't Mean You're Willing To Kill.

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.

Think About That. Two Hundred And Eighty-five New Or Expanded Programs, $2 Trillion More In New Spending, And Not One New Bureaucrat To File Out The Forms Or Answer The Phones?

I Heard Somebody Say, 'where's (nelson) Mandela?' Well, Mandela's Dead. Because Saddam Killed All The Mandelas. --george W. Bush, On The Former South African President, Who Is Still Very Much Alive, Washington, D.c., Sept. 20, 2007

One Reason I Like To Highlight Reading Is, Reading Is The Beginnings Of The Ability To Be A Good Student. And If You Can't Read, It's Going To Be Hard To Realize Dreams, It's Going To Be Hard To Go To College. So When Your Teachers Say, Read - You Ought To Listen To Her.

The Only Things That I Can Tell You Is That Every Case I Have Reviewed I Have Been Comfortable With The Innocence Or Guilt Of The Person That I've Looked At. I Do Not Believe We've Put A Guilty ... I Mean Innocent Person To Death In The State Of Texas.

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

I Told All Four [congressional Leaders] That There Are Going To Be Some Times Where We Don't Agree With Each Other, But That's Ok. If This Were A Dictatorship, It Would Be A Heck Of A Lot Easier, Just So Long As I'm The Dictator.

And We Will Pursue Nations That Provide Aid Or Safe Haven To Terrorism. Every Nation In Every Region Now Has A Decision To Make: Either You Are With Us Or You Are With The Terrorists. From This Day Forward, Any Nation That Continues To Harbor Or Support Terrorism Will Be Regarded By The United States As A Hostile Regime.

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

These Stories About My Intellectual Capacity Really Get Under My Skin. You Know, For A While I Even Thought My Staff Believed It. There On My Schedule First Thing Every Morning It Said, 'intelligence Briefing.'

I Meant It When I Said She Was The Greatest First Lady Ever. Because She Viewed The Presidency And Being First Lady As An Opportunity To Improve People's Lives. It Wasn't A Burden. She Put Her Heart And Soul Into The Experience, Just Like I Did.

The Freedom Movement Is Built Around The Principle Of Democracy And Universality Of Freedom.

We Will Stand Up For Our Friends In The World. And One Of The Most Important Friends Is The State Of Israel. My Administration Will Be Steadfast In Support Israel Against Terrorism And Violence, And In Seeking The Peace For Which All Israelis Pray.

I'm Not The Expert On How The Iraqi People Think, Because I Live In America, Where It's Nice And Safe And Secure.

The World Must Understand That It Is The Time To Come Together To Address The Root Cause Of The Problem, And The Problem Is You Have A State Within A State. You Had People Launch Attacks On A Sovereign Nation Without The Consent Of The Government In The Country In Which They Are Lodged.

The Great Tradition Of America Is One Where People Can Worship The Way They Want To Worship. And If They Choose Not To Worship, They're Just As Patriotic As Your Neighbor. That Is An Essential Part Of Why We Are A Great Nation. If You're A Jew Or A Christian Or A Muslim, You're Equally American.

I Do Know That It’s Important For Us To Support The Iraqi People, Who Have Shown Incredible Courage In Their Desire To Live In A Free Society. And If We Ever Give Up The Desire To Help People Who Live In Freedom, We Will Have Lost Our Soul As A Nation, As Far As I’m Concerned.

America Will Never Seek A Permission Slip To Defend The Security Of Our People.

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

These People Are Trying To Shake The Will Of The Iraqi Citizens, And They Want Us To Leave...i Think The World Would Be Better Off If We Did Leave.

Not Far From Here Where We Gather Today Is A Symbol Of Freedom Familiar To All Americans -- The Liberty Bell. When The Declaration Of Independence Was First Read In Public, The Liberty Bell Was Sounded In Celebration, And A Witness Said: "it Rang As If It Meant Something."

America Must Not Ignore The Threat Gathering Against Us. Facing Clear Evidence Of Peril, We Cannot Wait For The Final Proof, The Smoking Gun That Could Come In The Form Of A Mushroom Cloud.

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

The Thing That's Wrong With The French Is That They Don't Have A Word For Entrepreneur

We Cannot Let Terrorists Hold This Nation Hostile Or Hold Our Allies Hostile.

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.

I Encourage All Americans To Express Admiration And Appreciation To Fathers.

Let Me Put It To You This Way, I Am Not A Revengeful Person.

What Happened To Our Nation On A September Day Set In Motion The First Great Struggle Of A New Century. The Enemies Who Struck Us Are Determined And They Are Resourceful. They Will Not Be Stopped By A Sense Of Decency Or A Hint Of Conscience--but They Will Be Stopped.

Iraq Is A Very Important Part Of Securing The Homeland, And Its A Very Important Part Of Helping Change The Middle East Into A Part Of The World That Will Not Serve As A Threat To The Civilized World, To People Like - Or To The Developed World, To People Like - In The United States.

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

Governor Bush Will Not Stand For The Subsidation Of Failure.

Political Humor

The Lesson Of September The 11th Is: Take Threats Before They Fully Materialize.

Our Nation Is Somewhat Sad, But We're Angry. There's A Certain Level Of Blood Lust, But We Won't Let It Drive Our Reaction. We're Steady, Clear-eyed And Patient, But Pretty Soon We'll Have To Start Displaying Scalps.

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

We're Fighting People That Hates Our Values, They Can't Stand What America Stands For.

We Will Be Changing The Regime Of Iraq For The Good Of The Iraqi People.

Big Texas (nolan Ryan) Is Here. The Reason I Like To Keep Nolan Around Is He Is A Reminder That When We Got Done With The Sammy Sosa Trade, There Was Still Some Talent On The Rangers.

There's Not As Much Money In Washington As They're Used To Be!

In Iraq We Are Fighting Against Men With Blind Hatred And Armed With Lethal Weapons Who Are Capable Of Any Atrocity. They Wear No Uniform; They Respect No Laws Of Warfare Or Morality. They Take Innocent Lives To Create Chaos For The Cameras.

The United States Of America Will Not Permit The World's Most Dangerous Regimes To Threaten Us With The World's Most Destructive Weapons.

I Said You Were A Man Of Peace. I Want You To Know I Took Immense Crap For That.

I'm The Master Of Low Expectations.

Low Expectations

This Administration Is Doing Everything We Can To End The Stalemate In An Efficient Way. We're Making The Right Decisions To Bring The Solution To An End.

Border Relations Between Canada And Mexico Have Never Been Better.

We Will Direct Every Resource At Our Command - Every Means Of Diplomacy, Every Tool Of Intelligence, Every Instrument Of Law Enforcement, Every Financial Influence, And Every Necessary Weapon Of War - To The Destruction And To The Defeat Of The Global Terror Network.

It Is Important That Social, Political, And Religious Freedoms Grow In China. A Society Which Recognizes Religious Freedom Is A Society Which Will Recognize Political Freedom As Well.

Oftentimes People Ask Me, 'why Is It That You're So Focused On Helping The Hungry And Diseased In Strange Parts Of The World?'

I Feel That It's Important Our Professionals Have The Tools To Keep The Enemy, To Stop Their Attacks.

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

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