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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.

-George W. Bush

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I've Thought A Lot

George W. Bush

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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.

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I've Been Trying To Tame Our Press Corps Ever Since I Got Into Politics, And I've Failed Miserably. They Get To Express Their Opinions Sometimes In The Form Of News.

We Concluded That Tomorrow Is A Moment Of Truth For The World. Many Nations Have Voiced A Commitment To Peace And Security, And Now They Must Demonstrate That Commitment To Peace And Security In The Only Effective Way: By Supporting The Immediate And Unconditional Disarmament Of Saddam Hussein.

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The Iraqis Needed To Know That We Weren't Going To Leave Them Alone. No Matter How Difficult It Was, The United States Would Help Them Realize The Universal Desire To Be Free. Now Of Course, If You Didn't Believe In The Universality Of Freedom, Then Of Course, You Wouldn't Act. I Care How They Live And I Believe A Free Iraq Will Be Transformative.

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i Favor Leaving Up To A Woman And Her Doctor The Abortion Question.

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Dangerous World

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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.

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The Market Is In The Process Of Correcting Itself.

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

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

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Mass Destruction

History Has An Author Who Fills Time And Eternity With His Purpose.

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.

Democrats In Washington Predicted That Tax Cuts Would Not Create Jobs, Would Not Increase Wages, And Would Cause The Federal Deficit To Explode. Well, The Facts Are In. The Tax Cuts Have Led To A Strong Economy. Real Wages Were On The Rise, And Deficit Has Been Cut In Half Three Years Ahead Of Schedule.

Terrorism Against Our Nation Will Not Stand.

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

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.

That's Important When You Are Running An Organization So That The People Who Work With You Know What You Believe In And Know Those Beliefs Won't Change.

In The Future History Will Be Made Only By Us.

Reinvention Means You're Kind Of Re-creating Somebody. Well, I'm The Same Person, In Terms Of Values. My Priorities - My Faith, My Family, My Friends, The Values Of Personal Responsibility And Universality Of Freedom, And "to Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Required" - Haven't Changed [since Presidency].

But As Importantly, It Lies In The Fact That We've Got Citizens From All Walks Of Life, All Political Parties, That Are Willing To Say, I Want To Love My Neighbor. I Want To Make Somebody's Life Just A Little Bit Better.

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.

When I Was Coming Up, It Was A Dangerous World, And You Knew Exactly Who They Were. It Was Us Vs Them, And It Was Clear Who Them Was. Today, We Are Not So Sure Who The They Are, But We Know They're There.

Dangerous World

The Important Question Is, How Many Hands Have I Shaked?

The Business Pages Of American Newspapers Should Not Read Like A Scandal Sheet.

The War On Terror Involves Saddam Hussein Because Of The Nature Of Saddam Hussein, The History Of Saddam Hussein, And His Willingness To Terrorize Himself.

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