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

God Told Me To Strike At Al Qaeda And I Struck Them, And Then He Instructed Me To Strike At Saddam [hussein], Which I Did, And Now I Am Determined To Solve The Problem In The Middle East. If You Help Me I Will Act, And If Not, The Elections Will Come And I Will Have To Focus On Them.

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I Really Appreciate Leaders From Around The Globe Who Have Come To Share In Prayer With Us Today. It Reminds Me That The Almighty God Is A God To Everybody, Every Person.

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No Insignificant Person Was Ever Born.

I'm Sure Something Will Pop Into My Head Here In The Midst Of This Press Conference, With All The Pressure Of Trying To Come Up With An Answer, But It Hadn't Yet.

The Terrorists Are Fighting Freedom With All Their Cunning And Cruelty Because Freedom Is Their Greatest Fear - And They Should Be Afraid, Because Freedom Is On The March.

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

We'll Succeed Unless We Quit.

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

In 2002, A Lot Of The Pundits Didn't Get The Off-year Elections Right. In 2004, A Lot Of People Thought I Was Going Down Eight Days Before The Election.

...the Role Of The Military Is To Fight And Win War And, Therefore, Prevent War From Happening In The First Place.

I'm A Patient Man. And When I Say I'm A Patient Man, I Mean I'm A Patient Man.

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Each Day Millions Of Our Citizens Approach Our Maker On Bended Knee, Seeking His Grace And Giving Thanks For The Many Blessings He Bestows Upon Us.

I Can Hear You, The Rest Of The World Can Hear You And The People Who Knocked These Buildings Down Will Hear All Of Us Soon.

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I Have Assured His Majesty That Our War Is Against Evil, Not Against Islam. There Are Thousands Of Muslims Who Proudly Call Themselves Americans, And They Know What I Know - That The Muslim Faith Is Based Upon Peace And Love And Compassion. The Exact Opposite Of The Teachings Of The Al Qaeda Organization, Which Is Based Upon Evil And Hate And Destruction.

When Your Economy Is Kind Of Ooching Along, It's Important To Let People Have More Of Their Own Money.

Eight Years Was Awesome And I Was Famous And I Was Powerful.

It's Kind Of The Washington, D.c., Chattering Class. They Kind Of Talk Amongst Themselves.

States Like These [iran, Iraq, North Korae], And Their Terrorist Allies, Constitute An Axis Of Evil, Arming To Threaten The Peace Of The World. By Seeking Weapons Of Mass Destruction, These Regimes Pose A Grave And Growing Danger. They Could Provide These Arms To Terrorists, Giving Them The Means To Match Their Hatred. They Could Attack Our Allies Or Attempt To Blackmail The United States. In Any Of These Cases, The Price Of Indifference Would Be Catastrophic.

Mass Destruction

You Cannot Solve A Problem Unless You Diagnose The Problem.

Drug Therapies Are Replacing A Lot Of Medicine As We Used To Know It.

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

The Bill Congress Sent Me Would Take Away One Of The Most Valuable Tools In The War On Terror... So Today I Vetoed It.

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.

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

I Hope We Get To The Bottom Of The Answer. It's What I'm Interested To Know.

Really Proud Of It. A Great Campaign. And I'm Really Pleased With The Organization And The Thousands Of South Carolinians That Worked On My Behalf. And I'm Very Gracious And Humbled.

I Would Still Invade Iraq Even If Iraq Never Existed

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

I Can't Imagine What It Would Be To Be President When The United States At War With Yourself. People Killing Each Other Here In America On A Massive Basis. Just Can't Imagine What It Would Be.

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.

You Know, I Guess I'm Like Any Other Political Figure: Everybody Wants To Be Loved.

With A New National Commitment, Our Scientists And Engineers Will Overcome Obstacles To Taking These [hydrogen Fuel Cell] Cars From Laboratory To Showroom, So That The First Car Driven By A Child Born Today Could Be Powered By Hydrogen, And Pollution-free.

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 Do Think We Need For A Troop To Be Able To House His Family. That's An Important Part Of Building Morale In The Military.

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.

He's My Man, He Was Great

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.

There Are Jobs Americans Arent Doing. ... If Youve Got A Chicken Factory, A Chicken-plucking Factory, Or Whatever You Call Them, You Know What Im Talking About.

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.

Listen, I Know Of Nobody -- I Don't Know Of Anybody In My Administration Who Leaked Classified Information. If Somebody Did Leak Classified Information, I'd Like To Know It, And We'll Take The Appropriate Action. And This Investigation Is A Good Thing.

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.

I've Got A Job To Do, And I'm Going To Be Judged Upon Whether Or Not The World Is More Peaceful And Whether Or Not America Is More Prosperous And More Compassionate.

The World Is More Peaceful And More Free Under My Leadership.

The Only Way To Protect Our People, The Only Way To Secure The Peace, The Only Way To Control Our Destiny Is By Our Leadership -- So The United States Of America Will Continue To Lead

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I Think It's Very Important That We Protect Marriage As An Institution Between A Man And A Woman. I Proposed A Constitutional Amendment. The Reason I Did So Was Because I Was Worried That Activist Judges Are Actually Defining The Definition Of Marriage. And The Surest Way To Protect Marriage Between A Man And Woman Is To Amend The Constitution.

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I Can Change, But As We Speak Now, I Really Have Zero Desire To See My Name In The Press.

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I Know What I Believe. I Will Continue To Articulate What I Believe And What I Believe - I Believe What I Believe Is Right.

I Realize I Will Never Regain My Anonymity But I Can Certainly Give It A Try. And It's A Lot Of Fun To Give It A Try.

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Removing Saddam Hussein Was The Right Decision Early In My Presidency, It Is The Right Decision Now, And It Will Be The Right Decision Ever.

I Think Soft Power Definitely Can Work. But, You Know, It Depends On Who You're Dealing With. Some People Are So Intent Upon Power And Keeping Power That It's Very Difficult To Conduct Soft Power.

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Lost Friendship

God Speaks Through Me.

I Believe That God Has Planted In Every Heart The Desire To Live In Freedom.

It Would Send An Unbelievably Terrible Signal To Reformers Across The Region. It Would Say We've Abandoned Our Desire To Change The Conditions That Create Terror. It Would Give The Terrorists A Safe Haven From Which To Launch Attacks. It Would Embolden Iran. It Would Embolden Extremists. That's Why We're Not Leaving Iraq.

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 Way I See It Is, I Am A Boon To The English Language.

Freedom Is On The March In This World. I Believe Everybody In The Middle East Desires To Live In Freedom. I Believe Women In The Middle East Want To Live In A Free Society. I Believe Mothers And Fathers Want To Raise Their Children In A Free And Peaceful World. I Believe All These Things, Because Freedom Is Not America's Gift To The World, Freedom Is The Almighty God's Gift To Each Man And Woman In This World.

Well, I Think If You Say You're Going To Do Something And Don't Do It, That's Trustworthiness.

Activist Judges And Local Officials In Some Parts Of The Country Are Not Letting Up In Their Efforts To Redefine Marriage For The Rest Of America-and Neither Should Defenders Of Traditional Marriage Flag In Their Efforts.

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

Our Nation Must Defend The Sanctity Of Marriage. The Outcome Of This Debate Is Important-and So Is The Way We Conduct It. The Same Moral Tradition That Defines Marriage Also Teaches That Each Individual Has Dignity And Value In God's Sight.

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].

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.

And What's Interesting, And I Don't Think A Lot Of Americans Understand This Fact, Is That, One, Most New Jobs Are Created By Small Businesses; Two, Most Small Businesses Pay Tax At The Individual Income Tax, Or Many Small Businesses Pay Tax There.

It Has Sustained Me In Moments Of Success And In Moments Of Disappointment. Without It, I'd Be A Different Person. And Without It, I Doubt I'd Be Here Today.

Mr. Vice President, In All Due Respect, It Is-i'm Not Sure 80 Percent Of The People Get The Death Tax. I Know This: 100 Percent Will Get It If I'm The President.

Education Is How To Help The Person Who's Lost A Job. Education Is How To Make Sure We've Got A Workforce That's Productive And Competitive.

You Can't Have A Democracy With An Armed Political Party Willing To Bomb Its Neighbor Without The Consent Of Its Government Or, You Know, Just Deciding, "well, Let's Create Enough Chaos And Discord By Lobbing Rockets. And So The Reality Is In Order For Lebanon To Succeed And We Want Lebanon's Democracy To Succeed The Process Is Going To The Lebanese Government's Eventually Going To Have To Deal With Hezbollah.

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

Like You, I Have Been Disgraced About What I've Seen On Tv That Took Place In Prison.

In Order For The U.n. To Be Effective, There Must Be Consequences If People Thumb Their Nose At The United Nations Security Council. And We Will Work With People On The Security Council To Achieve That Objective.

I Don't Read Books, But I Have Friends Who Do.

The Woman Who Knew That I Had Dyslexia - I Never Interviewed Her.

I Feel Blessed To Have Been Raised A Texan.

There Are Limits To The Smiles And Scowls Of Diplomacy. Armies And Missiles Are Not Stopped By Stiff Notes Of Condemnation. They Are Held In Check By Strength And Purpose And The Promise Of Swift Punishment.

Well, I Think The Most Realistic Ways To Keep Them [saddam Hussien & Slobadon Milisevic] Isolated In The World Of Public Opinion And To Work With Our Alliance Is To Keep Them Isolated. I'm Just As Frustrated As Many Americans Are That Saddam Hussein Still Lives. I Think We Ought To Keep The Pressure On Him. I Will Tell You This: If We Catch Him Developing Weapons Of Mass Destruction In Any Way, Shape Or Form, I'll Deal With That In A Way That He Won't Like.

Mass Destruction

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

The Cia Laid Out Several Scenarios And Said Life Could Be Lousy, Life Could Be Ok, Life Could Be Better, And They Were Just Guessing As To What The Conditions Might Be Like.

I'm A War President. I Make Decisions Here In The Oval Office In Foreign Policy Matters With War On My Mind.

We've Seen Their Kind Before. The Terrorists Are The Heirs To Fascism. They Have The Same Wield Of Power, The Same Disdain For The Individual, The Same Mad Global Ambitions. And They Will Be Dealt With In Just The Same Way. Like All Fascists, The Terrorists Can Not Be Appeased. They Must Be Defeated. This Struggle Will Not End In A Truce Or A Treaty. It Will End In Victory For The United States, Our Friends And For The Cause Of Freedom.

I Believe In Grace Because I've Seen It And Peace Because I've Felt It And Forgiveness Because I've Needed It.

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

Republican Or Democrat Candidate For Presidency Ought To Say: I Look Forward To Working With The President To Solve The Problem. People Expect Us To Come Here To Solve Problems. And Thus Far, The Attitude Has Been: Let's Just Kind Of Ignore What The President Has Said And Just Hope Somebody Else Comes And Solves It For Us. And That's What I'd Be Running On. I'd Be Running On The Economy And I'd Be Running On National Security. But Since I'm Not Running, I Can Only Serve As An Adviser To Those Who Are.

I Want Him [saddam Hussein]. I Want - I Want Justice. There Is An Old Poster Seen Out West. As I Recall, It Said, Wanted Dead Or Alive.

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

I Don't Want Nations Feeling Like That They Can Bully Ourselves And Our Allies. I Want To Have A Ballistic Defense System So That We Can Make The World More Peaceful, And At The Same Time I Want To Reduce Our Own Nuclear Capacities To The Level Commiserate With Keeping The Peace.

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

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.

If You Find A Neighbor In Need, You're Responsible For Serving That Neighbor In Need, You're Responsible For Loving A Neighbor Just Like You'd Like To Love Yourself.

Some Say That By Fighting The Terrorists Abroad Since September The 11th, We Only Stir Up A Hornets' Nest. But The Terrorists Who Struck That Day Were Stirred Up Already. If America Were Not Fighting Terrorists In Iraq And Afghanistan And Elsewhere, What Would These Thousands Of Killers Do - Suddenly Begin Leading Productive Lives Of Service And Charity? ... We Are Dealing Here With Killers Who Have Made The Death Of Americans The Calling Of Their Lives.

Productive Life

It's Going To Be The Year Of The Sharp Elbow And The Quick Tongue.

A Lot Of The Reason Why The Debate Is Acrimonious Is Because Of The 24/7 News Cycles, Blogs, And People Being Able To Just Throw Something Out There In Order To Get Attention. And I'm Not Going Be Out There Doing The Same Thing, Trying To Trash My Successor Or Call Attention To Myself. I Hope That's A Positive Contribution To The Dialogue.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

I'd Like To Be A President [known] As Somebody Who Liberated 50 Million People And Helped Achieve Peace.

Nothing Can Be Further Than The Truth.

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.

Initiative And Referendum Make Government More Responsive To Its Citizens, Neutralize The Power Of The Special Interests And Stimulate Public Involvement In State Issues.

America Has Never Been United By Blood Or Birth Or Soil. We Are Bound By Ideals That Move Us Beyond Our Backgrounds, Lift Us Above Our Interests And Teach Us What It Means To Be Citizens.

One Thing You Had To Learn [after The Presidency] Was That You No Longer Had The Sense Of Responsibility That Became Ingrained In Your System.

Sense Of Responsibility

We Passed Law That Encouraged Consumption Through Different Purchasing Habits Like, You Know, Hybrid Vehicles. You Buy Hybrid, You Get A Tax Credit. We've Encouraged The Spread Of Ethanol As An Alternative To Crude Oil. We Have Asked For Congress To Pass Regulatory Relief So We Can Build More Refineries To Increase The Supply Of Gasoline, Hopefully Taking The Pressure Off Of Price. And So The Strategy Is To Recognize That Dependency Upon Crude Oil, In A Global Market, Affects Us Economically Here At Home. And, Therefore, We Need To Diversify Away As Quickly As Possible.

I Believe God Did Create The World. And I Think We're Finding Out More And More And More As To How It Actually Happened.

I Like To Tell People When The Final History Is Written On Iraq, It Will Look Like Just A Comma Because There Is - My Point Is, There's A Strong Will For Democracy.

My Attitude Is That When We Put A Youngster In Harm's Way, Somebody Who Wears Our Nation's Uniform In Harm's Way, He Or She Deserves The Absolute Best.

Running For President Was A Good Decision.

The Enemies Of Liberty And Our Country Should Make No Mistake: America Remains Engaged In The World By History And By Choice, Shaping A Balance Of Power That Favors Freedom. We Will Defend Our Allies And Our Interests. We Will Show Purpose Without Arrogance. We Will Meet Aggression And Bad Faith With Resolve And Strength. And To All Nations, We Will Speak For The Values That Gave Our Nation Birth... An Angel Still Rides In The Whirlwind And Directs This Storm.

We Must Show New Energy In Fighting Back An Old Evil. Nearly Two Centuries After The Abolition Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade, And More Than A Century After Slavery Was Officially Ended In Its Last Strongholds, The Trade In Human Beings For Any Purpose Must Not Be Allowed To Thrive In Our Time.

I Think Once You Recognize The Unconditional Love Of An Almighty, It Tends To Put Joy In Your Heart. Which In My Case, It Did.

Unconditional Love

Prayer Is A Gift From Almighty God That Transforms Us, Whether We Bow Our Heads In Solitude, Or Offer Swift And Silent Prayers In Times Of Trial. Prayer Humbles Us By Reminding Us Of Our Place In Creation. Prayer Strengthens Us By Reminding Us That God Loves And Cares For Each And Every Soul In His Creation. And Prayer Blesses Us By Reminding Us That There Is A Divine Plan That Stands Above All Human Plans.

If He's - The Inference Is That Somehow He Thinks Slavery Is A - Is A Noble Institution I Would - I Would Strongly Reject That Assumption - That John Ashcroft Is A Openminded, Inclusive Person.

You've Just Got To Do What You Think Is Right, And Just Make The Decisions Based Upon Noble Causes. And A Noble Cause Is Peace And Security And Freedom.

Security And Freedom

I Try To Live A Faith-filled Life. I'm A Believer.

Our Nation Must Come Together To Unite.

I Think The Thing That -- The Prayer That I Would Like America Is To Ask For Is To Pray For God's Protection For Our Land And Our People, To Pray Against -- That There's A Shield Of Protection, So That If The Evil Ones Try To Hit Us Again, That We've Done Everything We Can, Physically, And That There Is A Spiritual Shield That Protects The Country.

... For Those Of Us Who Lived Through These Events, The Only Marker We'll Ever Need Is The Tick Of A Clock At The 46th Minute Of The Eighth Hour Of The 11th Day.

All Human Life Is Precious.

Life Is Precious

Definition Of Victory Which Is Really An Important Thing For The American People To Understand Is That We Have An Ally In The War On Terror, That Democracy Is Able To Sustain Itself And Defend Itself, And The Iraqi People Feel That The Security Forces That We've Trained Up Are Capable Of Defending Themselves Against The Violent.

I've Changed My Style Somewhat, As You Know. I'm Less - I Pontificate Less, Although It May Be Hard To Tell It From This Show. And I'm More Interacting With People.

I Do Remain Confident In Linda. She'll Make A Fine Labor Secretary. From What I've Read In The Press Accounts, She's Perfectly Qualified.

I Have Something Else To Ask You-to Ask Every American. I Ask For You To Pray For This Great Nation. I Ask Your Prayers For Leaders From Both Parties. I Thank You For Your Prayers For Me And My Family, And I Ask You To Pray For Vice President Gore And His Family.

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

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

Here In The United States Our Muslim Citizens Are Making Many Contributions In Business, Science And Law, Medicine And Education, And In Other Fields...[they Are]upholding Our Nation's Ideals Of Liberty And Justice In A World At Peace.

The German Asparagus Are Fabulous.

I Was Very Fortunate To Have Had A Mother And Father Who Loved Me In Spite Of My Failings.

We Can't Allow The World's Worst Leaders To Blackmail, Threaten, Hold Freedom-loving Nations Hostage With The World's Worst Weapons.

I Don't Feel Like I've Got All That Much Too Important To Say On The Kind Of Big National Issues.

I Wanted To Come To Washington, D.c. And Help Be A Transformative President. And I Think History, When They Look Back, Will Say This Is A Fellow Who Knew How To Make Decisions, And Made Some Tough Ones, Stood By Them, Wasn't Driven By The Latest Opinion Poll, But Was Driven By Some Core Principles From Which He Would Not Deviate.

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.

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.

I Am Very Comfortable With The Strategic Decisions That I Made.

Liberty Is The Right And Hope Of All Humanity.

The Advance Of Freedom Is The Great Story Of Our Time

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

Black And White

I Talked About The Human Suffering In Iraq. And I Also Saw The Need To Advance A Freedom Agenda. Imagine A World In Which Saddam Hussein Was There, Stirring Up Even More Trouble In A Part Of The World That Had So Much Resentment And So Much Hatred That People Came And Killed 3,000 Of Our Citizens. I've Heard This Theory About Everything Was Just Fine Until We Arrived And The Stir-up-the-hornet's- Nest Theory. It Just Doesn't Hold Water, As Far As I'm Concerned. The Terrorists Attacked Us And Killed 3,000 Of Our Citizens Before We Started The Freedom Agenda In The Middle East.

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.

I Regret That A Private Comment I Made To The Vice Presidential Candidate Made It Through The Public Airways.

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

You Can't Put Democracy And Freedom Back Into A Box.

Sometimes I'm Frustrated. Rarely Surprised. Sometimes I'm Happy, You Know. But War Is Not A Time Of Joy.

I Dont Want To Win? If That Were The Case Why The Heck Am I On The Bus 16 Hours A Day, Shaking Thousands Of Hands, Giving Hundreds Of Speeches, Getting Pillared In The Press And Cartoons And Still Staying On Message To Win?

First Of All, I Don't See America Having Problems.

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.

The Financial Crisis Should Not Become An Excuse To Raise Taxes, Which Would Only Undermine The Economic Growth Required To Regain Our Strength.

There Needs To Be Debates, Like We're Going Through. There Needs To Be Townhall Meetings. There Needs To Be Travel. This Is A Huge Country.

For Diplomacy To Be Effective, Words Must Be Credible - And No One Can Now Doubt The Word Of America.

Libraries Promote The Sharing Of Knowledge, Connecting People Of All Ages With Valuable Information Resources. These Dynamic And Modern Institutions, And The Librarians Who Staff Them, Add Immeasurably To Our Quality Of Life.

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

In The Battle Of Iraq, The United States And Our Allies Have Prevailed.

It's Hard To Plan And Plot Attacks Against America If You're On The Run, And That's Exactly What Our Brave Professionals Are Doing.

I Wish I Wasn't The War President. Who In The Heck Wants To Be A War President? I Don't.

I Don't Mind People Trying To Pick Apart My Policies, And That's Fine And That's Fair Game. But, You Know, I Don't Think We're Serving Our Nation Well By Allowing The Discourse To Become So Uncivil That People Use Words That They Shouldn't Be Using.

I Like My Buddies From West Texas. I Liked Them When I Was Young; I Liked Them When I Was Middle-age; I Liked Them Before I Was President; And I Like Them During President; And I Like Them After President.

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

If There's Any Comparison Between The Compassion And Decency Of The American People And The Terrorist Tactics Of Extremists, It's Flawed Logic. It's Just I Simply Can't Accept That. It's Unacceptable To Think That There's Any Kind Of Comparison Between The Behavior Of The United States Of America And The Action Of Islamic Extremists Who Kill Innocent Women And Children To Achieve An Objective.

I Decided What I Wanted To Do, Not To Make Me Look Good, But To Make Me Feel Comfortable. Other Presidents Do It Other Ways.

We're Taking Action Against Evil People. Because This Great Nation Of Many Religions Understands, Our War Is Not Against Islam, Or Against Faith Practiced By The Muslim People. Our War Is A War Against Evil. This Is Clearly A Case Of Good Versus Evil, And Make No Mistake About It - Good Will Prevail.

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.

If You're Sick And Tired Of The Politics Of Cynicism And Polls And Principles, Come And Join This Campaign.

This Way Of Life Is Worth Defending.

The Economy Is Growing, Productivity Is High, Trade Is Up, People Are Working. It's Not As Good As We'd Like, But -- And To The Extent That We Find Weakness, We'll Move.

Saddam Hussein Is A Homicidal Dictator Who Is Addicted To Weapons Of Mass Destruction.

Mass Destruction

I Understand Small Business Growth. I Was One.

This Is An Impressive Crowd: The Have's And Have-more's. Some People Call You The Elites. I Call You My Base.

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.

If I'm The President, We're Going To Have Emergency-room Care, We're Going To Have Gag Orders.

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.

The Threat From Iran Is, Of Course, Their Stated Objective To Destroy Our Strong Ally Israel. That's A Threat, A Serious Threat. It's A Threat To World Peace; It's A Threat, In Essence, To A Strong Alliance. I Made It Clear, I'll Make It Clear Again, That We Will Use Military Might To Protect Our Ally, Israel.

America Is Successful Because Of The Hard Work And Creativity And Enterprise Of Our People.

One Of The Very Difficult Parts Of The Decision I Made On The Financial Crisis Was To Use Hardworking People's Money To Help Prevent There To Be A Crisis.

Wine Is Like Beer Except Different.

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

Mass Destruction

When It Comes Time To Protecting The Homeland, The United States Of America Must Be Right 100 Percent Of The Time. And The Enemy, Which Desires To Strike Us Again, Only Has To Be Right Once.

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.

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

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