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It Really Gets Me When The Critics Say I Haven't Done Enough For The Economy. I Mean, Look What I've Done For The Book Publishing Industry. You've Heard Some Of The Titles. 'big Lies,' 'the Lies Of George W. Bush,' 'the Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them.' I'd Like To Tell You I've Read Each Of These Books, But That'd Be A Lie.

-George W. Bush

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George W. Bush

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It Really Gets Me When The Critics Say I Haven't Done Enough For The Economy. I Mean, Look What I've Done For The Book Publishing Industry. You've Heard Some Of The Titles. 'big Lies,' 'the Lies Of George W. Bush,' 'the Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them.' I'd Like To Tell You I've Read Each Of These Books, But That'd Be A Lie.

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I Encourage Employers To Permit Their Workers Time Off During The Lunch Hour To Attend The Noontime Services To Pray For Our Land.

I Believe That Democracy Will Prevail, So Long As The United States Stays With These Young Democracies To Help Them.

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.

So I Analyzed That And Decided I Didn't Want To Be The President During A Depression Greater Than The Great Depression, Or The Beginning Of A Depression Greater Than The Great Depression.

Great Depression

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

It Is Written That Adversity Introduces Us To Ourselves.

The Terrorists Can Kill The Innocent, But They Cannot Stop The Advance Of Freedom.

I Strongly Believe What We're Doing Is The Right Thing. If I Didn't Believe It -- I'm Going To Repeat What I Said Before -- I'd Pull The Troops Out, Nor If I Believed We Could Win, I Would Pull The Troops Out.

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

We Will Keep A Commitment To Pluralism And Not Discriminate For Or Against Methodist Or Mormons Or Muslims Or Good People With No Faith At All.

Usa Have Got A Comprehensive Strategy To Not Only Chase Down The Al Qaida, Wherever It Exists - But To Make Sure That Countries That Harbor Terrorists Are Held To Account.

These Aren't Joyous Times When We Have War In Iraq. These Are Challenging Times, And They're Difficult Times, And They're Straining The Psyche Of Our Country. I Understand That.

This Thanksgiving, Americans Are Especially Thankful For Our Freedom, And We Are Especially Thankful To You, Those Who Keep Us Free.

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

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

[t]he Course Of This Nation Does Not Depend On The Decisions Of Others. Whatever Action Is Required, Whenever Action Is Necessary, I Will Defend The Freedom And Security Of The American People.

Then I Went For A Run With The Other Dog And Just Walked. And I Started Thinking About A Lot Of Things. I Was Able To - I Can't Remember What It Was. Oh, The Inaugural Speech, Started Thinking Through That.

...by Allowing Businesses To Expense Up To $75,000, It Means Somebody Is More Likely To Buy A Copying Machine, Or In This Case, An Architectural... Fancy Machine.

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.

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.

We Reject The Killing Of Innocents To Achieve A Radical And Violent Agenda. The Terrorists And Their State Sponsors, Iran And Syria, Have A Much Darker Vision. They're Working To Thwart The Efforts That Of The Lebanese People To Break Free From Foreign Domination And Build Their Own Democratic Future. The Terrorists And Their Sponsors Are Not Going To Succeed. The Lebanese People Have Made It Clear They Want To Live In Freedom. And Now It's Up To Their Friends And Allies To Help Them Do So.

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.

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

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

In Addition To Declaring And Destroying All Of Its Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Iraq Must End Its Support For Terrorism. It Must Cease The Persecution Of Its Civilian Population. It Must Stop All Illicit Trade Outside The Oil-for-food Program. And It Must Release Or Account For All Gulf War Personnel, Including An American Pilot, Whose Fate Is Still Unknown. By Taking These Steps, And Only By Taking These Steps, The Iraqi Regime Has An Opportunity To Avoid Conflict. These Steps Would Also Change The Nature Of The Iraqi Regime Itself. America Hopes The Regime Will Make That Choice.

You'll Hear People Say It's Racist To Test. Folks, It's Racist Not To Test. Because Guess Who Gets Shuffled Through The System Oftentimes? Children Whose Parents Don't Speak English As A First Language, Inner-city Kids. It's So Much Easier To Quit On Somebody Than To Remediate.

[the Economic Crisis ] Gave People The Option To Put Money Into Private Accounts.

I Recognize I Am Essentially A Failed Human Being In The Sense That I Can't Possibly Live Up To The Expectations Of An Almighty.

[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.

As Iraqi Forces Gain Experience And The Political Process Advances, We Will Be Able To Decrease Our Troop Level In Iraq Without Losing Our Capability To Defeat The Terrorists. These Decisions About Troop Levels Will Be Driven By The Conditions On The Ground In Iraq And The Good Judgment Of Our Commanders, Not By Artificial Timetables Set By Politicians In Washington.

If The Iranians Were To Have A Nuclear Weapon They Could Proliferate.

Nuclear Weapons

I Am Comfortable That The Principles That I Articulated Were Never Compromised.

Never Compromise

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

"statesman" Gives The Impression That Every Time A Major Issue Comes Up, I'll Be Popping Off. And That's Not What's Going To Happen.

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.

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 Really Don't Want To In The Press, Genuinely Don't Want To Be In The Press.

The Main Thrust Of The Social Security Reform Was To Get The Benefit Structure In Line With The Realities Of The Trust Funds.

God Speaks Through Me.

Nobody Really Likes To Be Lectured A Lot. And, Therefore, If You Want To Be An Effective Person, What You Don't Do Is Scold The Person Publicly All The Time.

Ultimately, Success Is Going To Be Up To The Reformers, Just Like In Iraq. It's Going To Require Iraqis, The Will Of Iraqis To Succeed. I Understand That. And That's Why Our Strategy Is To Give Them The Tools Necessary To Defend Themselves And Help Them Defend Themselves; In This Case Right Now Mainly In Baghdad, But As Well Around The Country.

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

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

Well, My Message Is, Is That If You Harbor A Terrorist, You're A Terrorist. If You Feed A Terrorist, You're A Terrorist. If You Develop Weapons Of Mass Destruction That You Want To Terrorize The World, You'll Be Held Accountable. . . . If Anybody Harbors A Terrorist, They're A Terrorist. If They Fund A Terrorist, They're A Terrorist. If They House Terrorists, They're Terrorists. I Mean, I Can't Make It Any More Clearly To Other Nations Around The World. If They Develop Weapons Of Mass Destruction That Will Be Used To Terrorize Nations, They Will Be Held Accountable.

Mass Destruction

Governor Bush Will Not Stand For The Subsidation Of Failure.

Political Humor

As Governor Of Texas, I Have Set High Standards For Our Public Schools, And I Have Met Those Standards.

I Know We Need More Nuclear Power In Order - Nuclear Power, After All, Is Not Dependent On Fossil Fuels And Emits No Greenhouse Gases. I Believe We're Going To Be Able To Have Coal-fired Plants That Have Zero Emissions. We Need To Work On Carbon Sequestration Technologies. I Mean, There's A Lot We Can Do Together And Achieve The Objective, Which A Lot Of People Want, Which Is The Reduction Of Greenhouse Gases, And At The Same Time, Have Viable Economic Growth.

Those Who Feel Like They Can Intimidate Our Fellow Citizens To Take Out Their Anger Don't Represent The Best Of America, They Represent The Worst Of Humankind, And They Should Be Ashamed Of That Kind Of Behavior.

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

Some Have Said We Must Not Act Until The Threat Is Imminent. Since When Have Terrorists And Tyrants Announced Their Intentions, Politely Putting Us On Notice Before They Strike?

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

Americans Have Always Held Firm, Because We Have Always Believed In Certain Truths. We Know That If Evil Is Not Confronted, It Gains In Strength And Audacity And Returns To Strike Us Again. We Know That When The Work Is Hard, The Proper Response Is Not Retreat, It Is Courage. And We Know That A Great Ideal Of Human Freedom Entrusted To Us In A Special Way And That The Ideal Of Liberty Is Worth Defending.

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

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.

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

I'm Uncomfortable Trying To Rush Change Of Perception, Except To The Extent That I'm Going To Write A Book.

One Of The Worst Days In America's History Saw Some Of The Bravest Acts In Americans' History. We'll Always Honor The Heroes Of 9/11. And Here At This Hallowed Place, We Pledge That We Will Never Forget Their Sacrifice.

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

I Wish They Weren't Called The 'bush Tax Cuts.' If They're Called Some Other Body's Tax Cuts, They're Probably Less Likely To Be Raised.

The California Crunch Really Is The Result Of Not Enough Power-generating Plants And Then Not Enough Power To Power The Power Of Generating Plants.

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

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

We Are A Caring Nation, And Our Values Should Also Guide Us On How We Harness The Gifts Of Science. New Medical Breakthroughs Bring The Hope Of Cures For Terrible Diseases And Treatments That Can Improve The Lives Of Millions. Our Challenge Is To Make Sure That Science Serves The Cause Of Humanity Instead Of The Other Way Around.

There Is Some Who Say That Perhaps Freedom Is Not Universal. Maybe It's Only Western People That Can Self-govern. Maybe It's Only, You Know, White-guy Methodists Who Are Capable Of Self-government. I Reject That Notion.

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 Read The Newspaper.

Those Of Us Who Spent Time In The Agricultural Sector And In The Heartland, We Understand How Unfair The Death Penalty Is.

But I Have No Desire For Fame And Power Anymore. I Crawled Out Of The Swamp And I'm Not Crawling Back In.

Please Don't Look At The Part Of The Glass That Is Only Half Full.

How Do You Know If You Don't Measure If You Have A System That Simply Suckles Kids Through?

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.

Russia's Most Precious Resource Is The Brain Power Of This Country. And You've Got A Lot Of It. It's Going To Take A Lot Of Brains In Russia To Create A Drain.

What People Can't Possibly Imagine Is What It's Like To Have Two Presidents Who Have A Relationship As Father And Son.

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.

I Think Our Seniors Deserve A Modern Medical System.

It Was A Privilege To Be President And It Is A Privilege To Be A Former President And I Believe That I Have Got A Chance To Be A Part Of Something That Is Influential - But Not For My Sake, But For The Sake Of People Dying In Africa Or People Worried About A Free Society In Their Countries Or People Who Wonder Whether There Will Be A Free Market.

My Faith Plays A Big Part In My Life. And When I Was Answering That Question What I Was Really Saying To The Person Was That I Pray A Lot. And I Do. And My Faith Is A Very, It's Very Personal. I Pray For Strength. I Pray For Wisdom. I Pray For Our Troops In Harm's Way. I Pray For My Family. I Pray For My Little Girls.

What Texans Can Dream, Texans Can Do.

And This Is An Administration - We're Not Into Nation-building, We're Focused On Justice. And We're Going To Get Justice. It's Going To Take A While, Probably. But I'm A Patient Man. Nothing Will Diminish My Will And My Determination - Nothing.

The Terrorists Do Not Understand America. The American People Do Not Falter Under Threat, And We Will Not Allow Our Future To Be Determined By Car Bombers And Assassins.

Humor Can Be A Great Way To Lift Spirits And Relate With Soon-to-be High School Grads. Whether You're In Need Of A Funny Senior Year Quote For A Card, Your Yearbook, Or A Gift, You Can Use This List Of Funny Graduation Quotes By Famous Leaders And Comedians To Get Inspired. To Those Of You Who Received Honors, Awards And Distinctions, I Say Well Done. And To The C Students, I Say You Too May One Day Be President Of The United States.

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.

Liberty Is The Right And Hope Of All Humanity.

in A Time Of War, The President Must Have The Power He Needs To Make The Tough Decisions, Including, If Need Be, The Decision To Grant Himself Even More Power.

The Geneva Convention . . . Says That There Will Be No Outrages Upon Human Dignity. It’s Very Vague. What Does That Mean, ‘outrages Upon Human Dignity’?

I Think That If You Don't Think We're In A War That You Can't Win The War.

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

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.

It's Very Important For Folks To Understand That When There's More Trade, There's More Commerce.

I Think The Platform Ought To Be Pro-life. It Is The Basis Of The Republican Party. People Have Got To Understand That Abortion Is Not A Contraceptive.

I'm Not That Worried About [my Parents] Right Now Because They Are Happy People. I'm Pleased That In Their Later Years, In Spite Of Physical Ailments, They're Upbeat.

This Is A Nation That Loves Our Freedom, Loves Our Country.

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.

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.

This Is Preservation Month. I Appreciate Preservation. It's What You Do When You Run For President. You Gotta Preserve.

Families Is Where Our Nation Finds Hope, Where Wings Take Dream.

I Don't Want To Be In The Press.

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.

Israel Is A Solid Ally Of The United States. We Will Rise To Israel's Defense, If Need Be. So This Kind Of Menacing Talk [by The President Of Iran] Is Disturbing. It's Not Only Disturbing To The United States, It's Disturbing For Other Countries In The World, As Well. Asked Whether He Meant The U.s. Would Rise To Israel's Defense Militarily, Bush Said: "you Bet, We'll Defend Israel."

The Great Contest For The Presidency Is About The Future, Who Can Lead, Who Can Get Things Done.

It's None Of My Business What Somebody's [orientation Is]. Now When Somebody Makes It My Business, Like On Gay Marriage, I'm Going To Stand Up And Say I Don't Support Gay Marriage. I Support Marriage Between Men And Women.

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

I Teamed Up With The Pga Of America To Help Promote A Weekend Of Golf That Raises Scholarship Money For Kids Who Lost A Parent Or Whose Parent Was Severely Wounded In Combat.

God's Signs Are Not Always The Ones We Look For. We Learn In Tragedy That His Purposes Are Not Always Our Own. Yet The Prayers Of Private Suffering, Whether In Our Homes Or In This Great Cathedral, Are Known And Heard, And Understood.

I Worry About Protectionists, Which Is Another Way Of Saying Less Competition, Less Trade Around The World. And I View Those As Twins Of Negativity.

George H. W. Bush Is Gracious. And I'm Not Saying Any Of The Former Presidents Aren't Gracious, I'm Just Saying, This Man Is Gracious.

George H W Bush

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

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

Renewing The Promise Of America Begins With Upholding The Dignity Of Human Life.

America Will Not Pretend That Jailed Dissidents Prefer Their Chains, Or That Women Welcome Humiliation And Servitude, Or That Any Human Being Aspires To Live At The Mercy Of Bullies.... ...liberty Will Come To Those Who Love It.

I Appreciate That Question Because I, In The State Of Texas, Had Heard A Lot Of Discussion About A Faith-based Initiative Eroding The Important Bridge Between Church And State.

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

Please Don't Kill Me!

I Believe That God Wants Me To Be President.

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

A Year Ago, My Approval Rating Was In The 30s, My Nominee For The Supreme Court Had Just Withdrawn, And My Vice President Had Shot Someone. Ah, Those Were The Good Old Days.

Approval Rating

There Is A Huge Trust. I See It All The Time When People Come Up To Me And Say, 'i Don't Want You To Let Me Down Again.' - Boston, Mass., Oct. 3, 2000

The Days Of Discriminating Against Religious Institutions Simply Because They Are Religious Must Come To An End.

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.

The Interesting Thing About Golf Is That The Presidency Requires Focus And Discipline, And Golf Requires Focus And Discipline. It Was A Way To Make Sure That Parts Of My Life Were Focused And Disciplined.

....it Is Better To Succeed With Success Than Failure.

Congratulations

Trying To Stop Suiciders -- Which We're Doing A Pretty Good Job Of On Occasion -- Is Difficult To Do. And What The Iraqis Are Going To Have To Eventually Do Is Convince Those Who Are Conducting Suiciders Who Are Not Inspired By Al Qaeda, For Example, To Realize There's A Peaceful Tomorrow.

A Number Of People Walk Up To Me And Say, "you're Much Taller Than I Thought."

I Believe We Owe It To Our Children And Grandchildren To Stay Engaged And To Help Spread Liberty And To Help Reformers.

Scripture Says: "blessed Are Those Who Mourn For They Shall Be Comforted." I Call On Every American Family And The Family Of America To Observe A National Day Of Prayer And Remembrance, Honoring The Memory Of The Thousands Of Victims Of These Brutal Attacks And Comforting Those Who Lost Loved Ones. We Will Persevere Through This National Tragedy And Personal Loss. In Time, We Will Find Healing And Recovery; And, In The Face Of All This Evil, We Remain Strong And United, "one Nation Under God."

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.

I'm The Commander -- See, I Don't Need To Explain -- I Do Not Need To Explain Why I Say Things. That's The Interesting Thing About Being President.

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.

Where Mistakes Have Been Made, The Responsibility Rests With Me.

And I Strongly Support The Faith-based Initiative That We're Proposing, Because I Don't Believe It Violates The Line Between The Separation Of Church And State, And I Believe It's Going To Make America A Better Place.

The Will Of The United States Can Be Shaken By Suiciders And Suiciders Who Are Willing To Drive Up To A Red Cross Center, A Center Of International Help And Aid And Comfort, And Just Kill. [...] The Strategy Remains The Same. The Tactics To Respond To More Suiciders Driving Cars Will Alter On The Ground.

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

Obviously, Nu-que-lar Power Is, Uh, A Renewable Source Of Energy, And The Less Demand There Is For Non-renewable Sources Of Energy, Like Fossil Fuels, The Better It Off It Is For The American People.

First Of All, You Never Retire. At Least I Don't Retire.

My Geordie Is Probably Just About As Bad As My English.

Wine Is Like Beer Except Different.

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

Neither In French Nor In English Nor In Mexican.

All Who Live In Tyranny And Hopelessness Can Know: The United States Will Not Ignore Your Oppression, Or Excuse Your Oppressors. When You Stand For Your Liberty, We Will Stand With You.

But Oftentimes I'm Asked, Why? Why Do You Care What Happens Outside Of America?

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.

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.

Hopefully I'm Not A Grumpy Old Guy Sitting In The Corner, Yelling At People And Demanding Things.

The Great Thing About America Is, You Don't Have To Listen Unless You Want To.

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

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.

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

Today At Pearl Harbor, Veterans Are Gathering To Pay Tribute To The Young Men They Remember Who Never Escaped The Sunken Ships. And Over The Years, Some Pearl Harbor Veterans Have Made A Last Request. They Ask That Their Ashes Be Brought Down And Placed Inside The Uss Arizona. After The Long Lives Given Them, They Wanted To Rest Besides The Best Men They Ever Knew. Such Loyalty And Love Remain The Greatest Strength Of The United States Navy.

People Have Access To Health Care In America. After All, You Just Go To An Emergency Room.

Being A Father And Trying To Love My Daughters With Unconditional Love - Those Were All Good Decisions.

Unconditional Love

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

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

Some Folks Look At Me And See A Certain Swagger, Which In Texas Is Called 'walking.'

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

I'm Honored To Shake The Hand Of A Brave Iraqi Citizen Who Had His Hand Cut Off By Saddam Hussein.

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

Using Tax Payers' Money To Provide Liquidity To Wall Street So That The Country Wouldn't Head Into A Depression Was The Right Decision, In My Judgment.

I Think We Ought To Raise The Age At Which Juveniles Can Have A Gun.

I Believe In Open Government. I've Always Believed In Open Government. I Don't E-mail, However. And There's A Reason: I Don't Want You Reading My Personal Stuff.

I Think The Key Anecdote In The Book Is When Colin [powell] And I Were Discussing Iraq. Colin Was Upstairs In The Treaty Room, In The Residence. And He Talks About His Concerns About The Use Of Military In Iraq. And I Said I Felt The Same Concerns, But It Might Be That We Have To Use It. In Which Case, He Said, "i Support You."

America Needs A Military Where Our Breast And Brightest Are Proud To Serve.

To Date, We've Arrested Or Otherwise Dealt With Many Key Commanders Of Al Qaeda... All Told, More Than 3,000 Suspected Terrorists Have Been Arrested In Many Countries. Many Others Have Met A Different Fate. Let's Put It This Way - They Are No Longer A Problem To The United States And Our Friends And Allies.

The Teachings Of Many Faiths Share Much In Common. And People Of Many Faiths Are United In Our Commitments To Love Our Families, To Protect Our Children, And To Build A More Peaceful World. In The Coming Year, Let Us Resolve To Seize Opportunities To Work Together In A Spirit Of Friendship And Cooperation. Through Our Combined Efforts, We Can End Terrorism And Rid Our Civilization Of The Damaging Effects Of Hatred And Intolerance, Ultimately Achieving A Brighter Future For All.

I Wouldn't Pick A Judge Who Said That The Pledge Of Allegiance Couldn't Be Said In A School Because It Had The Words 'under God'' In It. I Think That's An Example Of A Judge Allowing Personal Opinion To Enter Into The Decision-making Process, As Opposed To Strict Interpretation Of The Constitution.

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

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.

For A Century And A Half Now, America And Japan Have Formed One Of The Great And Enduring Alliances Of Modern Times.

I'm Absolutely Confident That Everybody That's Been Put To Death Is Two Things: One, They're Guilty Of The Crime Charged, And, Secondly, They Had Full Access To Our Courts, Both State And Federal.

I Do Not Agree With This Notion That Somehow If I Go To Try To Attract Votes And To Lead People Toward A Better Tomorrow Somehow I Get Subscribed To Some-some Doctrine Gets Subscribed To Me.

I Fully Understand It's Important To Maintain The Separation Of Church And State. We Don't Want The State To Become The Church, Nor Do We Want The Church To Become The State.

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.

I've Been In Politics Long Enough To Know That Polls Just Go Poof At Times.

I Think By Not Participating In The Current Political Debate, Hopefully I'm Sending A Signal That Will Help Set A Tone.

I Think It's Important For Those Of Us In A Position Of Responsibility To Be Firm In Sharing Our Experiences, To Understand That The Babies Out Of Wedlock Is A Very Difficult Chore For Mom And Baby Alike... I Believe We Ought To Say There Is A Different Alternative Than The Culture That Is Proposed By People Like Miss Wolf In Society... And, You Know, Hopefully, Condoms Will Work, But It Hasn't Worked.

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

I Take Personal Responsibility For Everything I Say.

Personal Responsibility

Markets Are The Best Way To Allocate Resources.

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.

We'll Let Our Friends Be The Peacekeepers And The Great Country Called America Will Be The Pacemakers.

For States That Support Terror, It Is Not Enough That The Consequences Be Costly-they Must Be Devastating

After All, This Is A Guy That Tried To Kill My Dad At One Time.

I Wanted To Make Sure The Last Chapters Of My Life Were Full, And Painting, It Turns Out, Has Helped Occupy Not Only Space But Opened My Mind.

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

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.

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

I Think It's Very Important For The American President To Mean What He Says. That's Why I Understand That The Enemy Could Misread What I Say. That's Why I Try To Be As Clearly As I Can.

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

Grief And Tragedy And Hatred Are Only For A Time. Goodness, Remembrance And Love Have No End, And The Lord Of Life Holds All Who Die And All Who Mourn.

What People Can Dream, People Can Do.

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.

We've Got A Cultural Issue In America. We've Got To Change The Whole Way The Issue Is Looked At. That's The Mission. Some In The Political Process Don't Have Enough Patience For That, And I Probably Don't Either.

Compassionate Conservative Soft Bigotry Of Low Expectations.

I Think You Can Judge From Somebody's Actions A Kind Of A Stability And Sense Of Purpose Perhaps Created By Strong Religious Roots. I Mean, There's A Certain Patience, A Certain Discipline, I Think, That Religion Helps You Achieve.

I Heard There's Rumors On The Internets That We're Going To Have A Draft.

I Worry About A Culture That Devalues Life And Believe As Your President I Have An Important Obligation To Foster And Encourage Respect For Life In America And Throughout The World.

My Pan Plays Down An Unprecedented Amount Of Our National Debt.

You Have To Be Optimistic About Golf. I Mean It's Physically Demanding, Particularly If You're On One Leg. But It's Psychologically Demanding Regardless Of Your Physical Infirmities. I Mean, It's A Tough Sport. You've Got To Be Disciplined And Optimistic. And If You Have A Bad Hole, You've Got To Be Optimistic That You'll Do Well On The Next Hole.

Ours Is A War Not Against A Religion, Not Against The Muslim Faith. But Ours Is A War Against Individuals Who Absolutely Hate What America Stands For, And Hate The Freedom Of The Czech Republic. And Therefore, We Must Work Together To Defend Ourselves. And By Remaining Strong And United And Tough, We'll Prevail.

I Would Say The Best Moment Of All Was When I Caught A 7.5-lb. Perch In My Lake. (answering A Reporter Who Asked Him To Name The Best Moment Of His Presidency.)

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.

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