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They [terrorists] Are Trying To Evoke Sympathy For Themselves. They're Not Sympathetic People. They're Violent, Cold-blooded Killers Who Are Trying To Stop The Advance Of Freedom.

We Have A Strong And Vital Role To Play In Iraq, And We Certainly Cannot Leave A Vacuum For The Insurgents To Take Over. We Are Engaged In A Conflict From Which America Cannot Afford To Cut And Run. We Must Be Steadfast In This Endeavor, Upon Which Depends Not Only Our Future But That Of The Entire Modern World.

And One Thing We Want During This War On Terror Is For People To Feel Like Their Life's Moving On, That They're Able To Make A Living And Send Their Kids To College And Put More Money On The Table.

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

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

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 Cut The Taxes On Everybody. I Didn't Cut Them. The Congress Cut Them. I Asked Them To Cut Them.

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.

I'm Excited For My Little Girls. When They Left The Nest, I Was Excited Because They Were Winging Their Way Into Life.

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Natural Gas Is Hemispheric; I Like To Call It Hemispheric In Nature, Because It Is A Product That We Can Find In Our Neighborhoods.

Some Will Remember An Image Of A Fire Or Story Or Rescue. Some Will Carry Memories Of A Face And A Voice Gone Forever. And I Will Carry This. It Is The Police Shield Of A Man Named George Howard Who Died At The World Trade Center Trying To Save Others. It Was Given To Me By His Mom, Arlene, As A Proud Memorial To Her Son. It Is My Reminder Of Lives That Ended And A Task That Does Not End.

Anyway, I'm So Thankful, And So Gracious - I'm Gracious That My Brother Jeb Is Concerned About The Hemisphere As Well.

I Am Sustained By The Prayers Of The People In This Country. I Guess An Appropriate Way To Say This, It's One Of The Beautiful Things About America And Americans From All Walks Of Life Is That They're Willing To Pray For The President And His Family. And That's Powerful. It's Hard For Me To Describe To You What That Means. It's-let Me Just Say This: It's A Leap Of Faith To Understand.

It Has Come To My Attention, That Air Pollution Is Polluting The Air!

There Is Only One Force Of History That Can Break The Reign Of Hatred And Resentment And Expose The Pretensions Of Tyrants And Reward The Hopes Of The Decent And Tolerant. And That Is The Force Of Human Freedom.

But I'm Mindful In A Free Society That People Can Worship If They Want To Or Not. You're Equally An American If You Choose To Worship An Almighty And If You Choose Not To. If You're A Christian, Jew Or Muslim You're Equally An American. That's The Great Thing About America Is The Right To Worship The Way You See Fit. Prayer And Religion Sustain Me. I Receive Calmness In The Storms Of The Presidency. I Love The Fact That People Pray For Me And My Family All Around The Country. Somebody Asked Me One Time, How Do You Know? I Said I Just Feel It.

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.

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.

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It's Important For Us To Explain To Our Nation That Life Is Important. It's Not Only Life Of Babies, But It's Life Of Children Living In, You Know, The Dark Dungeons Of The Internet.

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.

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.

No President Has Ever Done More For Human Rights Than I Have.

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.

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.

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First Of All, In Principle, I'm Against Physician-assisted Suicide, And Secondly, I Believe It Is The Prerogative Of The Federal Government To Control Drug Rules. And The Idea Of Using A Controlled Substance To End Somebody's Life Is Something I Don't Agree With. I Can See The Idea Of Using Controlled Substances To Ease Somebody's Pain. That Makes Sense.

We're Going To Have The Best Educated American People In The World. People That Are Really Very Weird Can Get Into Sensitive Positions And Have A Tremendous Impact On History.

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

The Fundamental Question Facing Iraq Government Is Whether Or Not We Will Stand With Reformers Across The Region. It's Really The Task. And We're Going To Stand With This Government.

Now, There Are Some Who Would Like To Rewrite History - Revisionist Historians Is What I Like To Call Them.

Rewriting History

I Want To Make It Clear To People That The Idea Of Putting Subliminable Messages Into Ads Is Ridiculous.

The Cornerstone Of Our Policy In That Part Of The World Is To Help Democracies. Lebanon's A Democracy. We Want The Siniora Government To Succeed.

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

War On Terrorism

I Can't Tell You What It's Like To Be In Europe, For Example, To Be Talking About The Greatness Of America. But The True Greatness Of America Are The People.

I'm Absolutely Confident That The Actions We Took In Iraq Are Influencing Reformers And Freedom Lovers In The Greater Middle East. And I Believe That You're Going To See The Rise Of Democracy In Many Countries In The Broader Middle East, Which Will Lay The Foundation For Peace.

The Choice Is His [saddam Hussein's]. And If He Does Not Disarm, The United States Of America Will Lead A Coalition And Disarm Him, In The Name Of Peace.

If There Is A Leak Out Of My Administration, I Want To Know Who It Is. If The Person Has Violated Law, The Person Will Be Taken Care Of.

I Think I'm The Only President Other Than John Kennedy Who Had Both Parents Alive During The Presidency.

The Face Of Terror Is Not The True Faith Of Islam. That's Not What Islam Is All About. Islam Is Peace. These Terrorists Don't Represent Peace. They Represent Evil And War.

We Know That Dictators Are Quick To Choose Aggression, While Free Nations Strive To Resolve Differences In Peace. We Know That Oppressive Governments Support Terror, While Free Governments Fight The Terrorists In Their Midst. We Know That Free Peoples Embrace Progress And Life, Instead Of Becoming The Recruits For Murderous Ideologies.

Some Of You In This Room Support Higher Taxes. I Welcome Your Enthusiasm And Am Glad To Report That The Irs Takes Both Money Orders And Checks.

People Are Innocent Till Proven Otherwise. All People Are.

Part Of The Faith Walk Is To Understand Your Weaknesses And Is To Constantly Try To Embetter Yourself And Get Closer To The Lord.

When It Comes To The Common Rights And Needs Of Men And Women, There Is No Clash Of Civilizations. The Requirements Of Freedom Apply Fully To Africa And Latin America And The Entire Islamic World. The Peoples Of The Islamic Nations Want And Deserve The Same Freedoms And Opportunities As People In Every Nation. And Their Governments Should Listen To Their Hopes.

There Is A Natural Greenhouse Effect That Contributes To Warming. Greenhouse Gases Trap Heat And Thus Warm The Earth Because They Prevent A Significant Portion Of Infrared Radiation From Escaping Into Space.

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.

I Make Decisions Based On What I Think Is Best For The Country.

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

Any Government That Supports, Protects Or Harbours Terrorists Is Complicit In The Murder Of The Innocent And Equally Guilty Of Terrorist Crimes.

Hindsight Alone Is Not Wisdom. And Second-guessing Is Not A Strategy.

Our Nation Must Defend The Sanctity Of Marriage.

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Any Government That Chooses To Be An Ally Of Terror Has Also Chosen To Be An Enemy Of Civilization.

War Has Been Waged Against Us By Stealth And Deceit And Murder. This Nation Is Peaceful, But Fierce When Stirred To Anger. This Conflict Was Begun On The Timing And Terms Of Others. It Will End In A Way, And At An Hour, Of Our Choosing.

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

If We Don't Stop Extending Our Troops All Around The World In Nation-building Missions, We're Going To Have A Serious Problem Coming Down The Road.

The Senator Has Got To Understand If He's Going To Have - He Can't Have It Both Ways. He Can't Take The High Horse And Then Claim The Low Road.

We Favor A Strong Nonproliferation Program That Emphasizes Diplomacy, Reliance On Multilateral Regimes, Controls On Nuclear Materials, And Cooperative Nuclear Threat Reduction.

God Is Not On The Side Of Any Nation, Yet We Know He Is On The Side Of Justice... Our Finest Moments Have Come When We Faithfully Served The Cause Of Justice For Our Own Citizens, And For The People Of Other Lands.

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

I Do Not Like Abortions. I Will Do Everything In My Power To Restrict Abortion.

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.

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.

In Times Of War And In Hours Of Crisis, Senator Kerry Has Turned His Back On 'pay Any Price' And 'bear Any Burden', And He's Replaced Those Commitments With 'wait And See' And 'cut And Run'.

I Suspect That Had My Dad Not Been President, He'd Be Asking The Same Questions: How'd Your Meeting Go With So-and-so? . How Did You Feel When You Stood Up In Front Of The People For The State Of The Union Address-state Of The Budget Address, Whatever You Call It.

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

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!"

So Thank You For Reminding Me About The Importance Of Being A Good Mom And A Great Volunteer As Well.

I've Reminded The Prime Minister-the American People, Mr. Prime Minister, Over The Past Months That It Was Not Always A Given That The United States And America Would Have A Close Relationship.

Our Priorities Is Our Faith.

This Is A Day When All Americans From Every Walk Of Life Unite In Our Resolve For Justice And Peace. America Has Stood Down Enemies Before, And We Will Do So This Time. None Of Us Will Ever Forget This Day. Yet, We Go Forward To Defend Freedom And All That Is Good And Just In Our World. Thank You. Good Night, And God Bless America.

Americans To Bow Our Heads In Humility Before Our Heavenly Father, A God Who Calls Us Not To Judge Our Neighbors, But To Love Them, To Ask His Guidance Upon Our Nation And Its Leaders In Every Level Of Government.

The People Who Did This Act On America, And Who May Be Planning Further Acts, Are Evil People. They Don't Represent An Ideology, They Don't Represent A Legitimate Political Group Of People. They're Flat Evil. That's All They Can Think About, Is Evil. And As A Nation Of Good Folks, We're Going To Hunt Them Down, And We're Going To Find Them, And We Will Bring Them To Justice.

I Gave Them A Fair Warning

There Seems To Be A Lot Of Name-calling Going On, But I Want To Remind You What Our Good Dad Told Me One Time. Labels Are For Soup Cans.

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

Tommy (thompson) Is A Good Listener, And He's A Pretty Good Actor, Too.

I Have Faith, As I Did When I Announced My Stem-cell Decision In 2001, That Science And Ethics Can Coexist.

More And More Of Our Imports Are Coming From Overseas

My Administration Has A Job To Do And We're Going To Do It. We Will Rid The World Of The Evil-doers.

This Is My Maiden Voyage. My First Speech Since I Was The President Of The United States And I Couldn't Think Of A Better Place To Give It Than Calgary, Canada.

The Point Now Is How Do We Work Together To Achieve Important Goals. And One Such Goal Is A Democracy In Germany.

Working Together

Get Ready; If The Democrats Take The House, Your Taxes Are Going Up.

The Best Hope For Peace In Our World Is The Expansion Of Freedom In All The World.

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.

I'm Telling America We Need To Not Discriminate Against Faith-based Programs. We Need To Welcome Them So Our Society Is More Wholesome, More Welcoming, And More Hopeful For Every Single Citizen.

Islam Is A Faith That Brings Comfort To People. It Inspires Them To Lead Lives Based On Honesty, And Justice, And Compassion.

We Are Not Deceived By Their Pretenses To Piety. We Have Seen Their Kind Before. They Are The Heirs Of All The Murderous Ideologies Of The 20th Century. By Sacrificing Human Life To Serve Their Radical Visions - By Abandoning Every Value Except The Will To Power - They Follow In The Path Of Fascism, And Nazism, And Totalitarianism. And They Will Follow That Path All The Way, To Where It Ends: In History's Unmarked Grave Of Discarded Lies.

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

Border Relations Between Canada And Mexico Have Never Been Better.

It Should Make People Nervous When Non-transparent Regimes, That Have Announced That They've Got Nuclear Warheads, Fire Missiles. This Is Not The Way You Conduct Business In The World. This Is Not The Way That Peaceful Nations Conduct Their Affairs.

There's Also Consumer Debt, The Credit Card Debt That Burdens Many Of The Working Families In America. Yes, We Talk About National Debt, And We're Paying A Lot Down. But You're Fixing To Hear Me Tell You Part Of The Remedy For People Who Have Got A Lot Of Credit Card Debt Is To Make Sure People Get Some Of Their Own Money Back.

The Fingers And Toes And Beating Hearts That We Can See On An Unborn Child's Ultrasound Come With Something That We Cannot See: A Soul

I Believe That Freedom Is A Gift From An Almighty To Every Man, Woman, And Child; That Is A Principle That Was Important To Me During My Presidency And I Think It's An Important Principle.

It's Amazing I Won. I Was Running Against Peace, Prosperity, And Incumbency.

I'm Going To Spend A Lot Of Time Trying To Explain As Best I Can Why It's Important For Us To Succeed In Iraq. I'm Going To Do What I Think Is Right, And If, You Know, If People Don't Like Me For It, That's Just The Way It Is.

If Iraq Fails To Fully Comply, The United States And Other Nations Will Disarm Saddam Hussein.

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.

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.

We've Been Able To Watch On Our Television Screens Sophisticated Weaponry Find A Building; And We've Seen Dramatic Reports From The Front Where Pulitzer Prize-to-be Winning Reporters Stood Up And Declared, The United States Is Attacked, And All That.

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.

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.

[t]he People Of Iraq Have Spoken To The World, And The World Is Hearing The Voice Of Freedom From The Center Of The Middle East.

My Administration Is Committed To A Leadership Role On The Issue Of Climate Change.

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

I Think It's Really Important For This Great State Of Baseball To Reach Out To People Of All Walks Of Life To Make Sure That The Sport Is Inclusive. The Best Way To Do It Is To Convince Little Kids How To - The Beauty Of Playing Baseball.

Some People Are Going To Like The Decisions I Made, Some People Are Not Going To Like The Decisions That I Made. That's Just The Way It Is.

Well, I'm Reading About The Battle Of New Orleans Right Now. I've Got An Eclectic Reading List.

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

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.

Will The Highways On The Internet Become More Few?

In The Long Run, The Right Answer To Unemployment Is To Create More Jobs.

I'm The Decider, And I Decide What Is Best.

So, For Example, A Country Was Into Recession Right After I Was Sworn In, A Dot-com Bust Had Taken Place. Then The Attacks Of September The 11th, And Then Of Course The Great Financial Meltdown In The - The Fundamental Question Facing Any Presidency Is How Do You Deal With The Hand You’re Dealt?

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.

We Believe In Peace. We Strongly Believe In Freedom. Where We See Suffering We Will Help. And Rather Than Try To Offset A Nation, Why Not Join Nations Together To Achieve Kind Of Big Objectives?

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.

Sometimes Armchair Quarterbacks Are Doing It To Enhance Their Own Image. I'm Just Not Comfortable With That Idea.

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

There Ought To Be Limits To Freedom. We're Aware Of The Site, And This Guy Is Just A Garbage Man.

Presidents, Whether Things Are Good Or Bad, Get The Blame. I Understand That.

It's The Afghan National Army That Went Into Najaf And Did The Work There.

We Should - We Will - Welcome People Of Faith Into The Political Process... It Is Essential That Believers Enter The Arena. Your Involvement In Politics Helps Determine How Well Our Democracy Works. We Have Finally Learned That Government Programs Cannot Solve Our Problems. Government Can Hand Out Money, But Government Cannot Put Hope In Our Hearts Or A Sense Of Purpose In Our Lives.

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 Advance Of Freedom Is The Great Story Of Our Time

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?

Wars Are Fought On Objectives, Not On Timetable, And That's Why I've Been So Insistent Upon Not Allowing Ourselves To Have Policy Driven By Time Table, But By Objective.

Any Sign That Says We're Going To Leave Iraq Before The Job Is Done Simply Emboldens Terrorists And Creates A Certain Amount Of Doubt For People, So They Won't Take The Risk Necessary To Help A Civil Society Evolve In The Country.

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

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

The Course Of This Conflict Is Not Known, Yet Its Outcome Is Certain. Freedom And Fear, Justice And Cruelty, Have Always Been At War, And We Know That God Is Not Neutral Between Them.

What We Republicans Should Stand For Is Growth In The Economy. We Ought To Make The Pie Higher.

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.

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

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.

I'm Talking About Living Life To Its Fullest.

Live Life To Its Fullest

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.

The Worst Of Nature Brings Out The Best In Our Fellow Human Beings.

I'd Like To See Stability And A Unified Iraq. A Young Democracy Will Provide The Stability We Look For. I Will Tell You That If We Just Isolate Ourselves From The Middle East And Hope For The Best, We Will Not Address The Conditions That Had Led Young Suiciders To Get On Airplanes To Come And Attack Amerika In The First Place.

I Think It Is A Worthy Goal In America To Have Every Child Protected By Law And Welcomed In Life. I Also Think We Ought To Continue To Have Good Adoption Law As An Alternative To Abortion.

I've Heard The Call. I Believe God Wants Me To Run For President.

Diplomacy Can Be A Frustrating Thing. I Think The Strategy Can Work, So Long As The Force Is Robust And The Rules Of Engagement Are Clear.

I Rest Their Case. I'm Pro-life.

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

The Terrorists And Their Supporters Declared War On The United States - And War Is What They Got.

Life In America Shows That Liberty, Paired With Law, Is Not To Be Feared.

I'm The Only President Who Really Put It Out In The State Of The Union And Was Very Specific About How I Felt We Ought To Do It.

Government Does Not Create Wealth. The Major Role For The Government Is To Create An Environment Where People Take Risks To Expand The Job Rate In The United States.

I Mean, There Was A Serious International Effort To Say To Saddam Hussein: 'you're A Threat'. And The 9/11 Attacks Accentuated That Threat, As Far As I'm Concerned.

You Cannot Lead An Alliance If You Say You're Going Alone.

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 Have A Different Vision Of Leadership. A Leadership Is Someone Who Brings People Together.

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

I Don't Worry About Long-term History. I Won't Be Around To Read It.

Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is At The Leading Edge Of A Series Of Moral Hazards.

Hundreds Of Thousands Of American Servicemen And Women Are Deployed Across The World In The War On Terror. By Bringing Hope To The Oppressed, And Delivering Justice To The Violent, They Are Making America More Secure.

And There Is Distrust In Washington. I Am Surprised, Frankly, At The Amount Of Distrust That Exists In This Town. And I'm Sorry It's The Case, And I'll Work Hard To Try To Elevate It.

If I Answer Questions Every Time You Ask One, Expectations Would Be High. And As You Know, I Like To Keep Expectations Low.

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.

Because The Union Of A Man And Woman Deserves An Honored Place In Our Society, I Support The Protection Of Marriage Against Activist Judges. And I Will Continue To Appoint Federal Judges Who Know The Difference Between Personal Opinion And The Strict Interpretation Of The Law.

Personal Opinions

When You Turn Your Heart And Your Life Over To Christ, When You Accept Christ As The Savior, It Changes Your Heart.

I Believe That Life Is Valuable, Even When It Is Unwanted, Even When It Is Physically Imperfect. I Believe Our Society Has A Responsibility To Defend The Vulnerable And The Weak. And I Believe Our Nation Should Set A Goal That Unborn Children Should Be Welcomed In Life And Protected In Law.

The United States Prefers That Iraq Meet Its Obligations Voluntarily, Yet We Are Prepared For The Alternative.

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.

Put The 'off' Button On.

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.

It Is A Tough Choice. In War, People Die. But When We Refuse To Confront The Enemy, We Will Face The Enemy In New York And Washington, As We Did On 9-11. As For Responsiblity, Of Course We Stand By Our Decision To Go To War On Iraq. President Kennedy Said That Friend And Foe Alike Should Know Where America Stands.

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

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

One Of The Things I Learned As President Is That Your Life Is Just Not Going To Unfold The Way You Want It To. There Will Be Surprises, Challenges, And Therefore The Question Is How You Deal With The Unexpected.

This Is A Very Difficult Assignment For The United States, To Hang In There And Help This Young Democracy Survive.

Bin Laden Says His Own Role Is To Tell Muslims, Quote, 'what Is Good For Them And What Is Not.'

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

Coalition Forces Have Encountered Serious Violence In Some Areas Of Iraq. Our Military Commanders Report That This Violence Is Being Insticated By Three Groups.

I Think For Laura [bush] It Was Kind Of A Sense Of Remorse Because She Is Very Close To The Girls. They're Busy Little Souls, And So We Don't See Them As Much As We'd Like To. But Laura Talks To Them All The Time.

After The Bombing, Most Iraqis Saw What The Perpetuators Of This Attack Were Trying To Do.

Our Job Is To Help Iraq Forces Be Better Equipped, To Help Their Police Be Able To Deal With These Extremists And To Help Their Government Succeed.

The Liberation Of Iraq Is A Crucial Advance In The Campaign Against Terror. We've Removed An Ally Of Al Qaeda.

Today We Affirm A New Commitment To Live Out Our Nation's Promise Through Civility, Courage, Compassion And Character.

Iran Is An Ancient Land, Home To A Proud Culture With A Rich Heritage Of Learning And Progress. The Future Of Iran Will Be Decided By The People Of Iran. Right Now, The Iranian People Are Struggling With Difficult Questions About How To Build A Modern 21st Century Society That Is At Once Muslim, Prosperous, And Free. There Is A Long History Of Friendship Between The American People And The People Of Iran. As Iran's People Move Towards A Future Defined By Greater Freedom, Greater Tolerance, They Will Have No Better Friend Than The United States Of America.

Should Any Iraqi Officer Or Soldier Receive An Order From Saddam Hussein.... Don't Follow That Order. Because If You Choose To Do So, When Iraq Is Liberated, You Will Be Treated, Tried And Persecuted As A War Criminal.

If You Read With Empathy What Lincoln Went Through, Then You Realize What You're Going Through Is Nothing Compared To What He Went Through.

One Of The Most Meaningful Things That's Happened To Me Since I've Been The Governor - The President - Governor - President. Oops. Ex-governor. I Went To Bethesda Naval Hospital To Give A Fellow A Purple Heart, And At The Same Moment I Watched Him-get A Purple Heart For Action In Iraq - And At That Same - Right After I Gave Him The Purple Heart, He Was Sworn In As A Citizen Of The United States - A Mexican Citizen, Now A United States Citizen.

I Have A Duty To Protect The Executive Branch From Legislative Encroachment.

Executive Branch

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

I Was Also Fortunate That I Was Raised In A Part Of The World, West Texas, Where Individualism Is Strong.

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

Not Over My Dead Body Will They Raise Your Taxes.

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?

It Appears To Be A Re-run Of A Bad Movie. [iraqi President Saddam Hussein] Is Delaying. He's Deceiving. He's Asking For Time. He's Playing Hide-and-seek With Inspectors. One Thing Is For Certain - He's Not Disarming.

I Would Have Said Yes To Abortion If Only It Was Right. I Mean, Yeah It's Right. Well No It's Not Right That's Why I Said No To It.

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

The Problem Is, There Was Plenty Of Trash Talk During My Presidency. A Lot.

Please Don't Kill Me!

As A Matter Of Fact, It's In Our Interests That We Help Reformers Across The Middle East Achieve Their Objectives. This Is The Fundamental Challenge Of The 21st Century.

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

There Will Be No Going Back To The Era Before September The 11th, 2001 - To False Comfort In A Dangerous World.

Dangerous World

I Want To Remind You All That In Order To Fight And Win The War, It Requires An Expenditure Of Money That Is Commiserate With Keeping A Promise To Our Troops To Make Sure That They're Well Paid, Well Trained, Well Equipped.

I Come From A Different Generation From My Dad.

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