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It's Good To See So Many Friends Here In The Rose Garden. This Is Our First Event In This Beautiful Spot, And It's Appropriate We Talk About Policy That Will Affect People's Lives In A Positive Way In Such A Beautiful, Beautiful Part Of Our National - Really, Our National Park System, My Guess Is You Would Want To Call It.

-George W. Bush

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George W. Bush

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It's Good To See So Many Friends Here In The Rose Garden. This Is Our First Event In This Beautiful Spot, And It's Appropriate We Talk About Policy That Will Affect People's Lives In A Positive Way In Such A Beautiful, Beautiful Part Of Our National - Really, Our National Park System, My Guess Is You Would Want To Call It.

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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.

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America's Highest Economic Need Is Higher Ethical Standards -- Enforced By Strict Laws And Upheld By Responsible Business Leaders.

Ethical Standards

The More You Defend In The Face Of A Critical Audience, The More You Polarize.

I Firmly Believe The Death Tax Is Good For People From All Walks Of Life All Throughout Our Society.

I Served. And Now It's Time For The New Man To Serve. I Have Zero Desire To Be In The Limelight.

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.

Embryonic Stem-cell Research Requires The Destruction Of Life To Create A Stem Cell. That's Why I Think We've Got To Be Very Careful In Balancing The Ethics And The Science.

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

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

All I Can Tell You Is When The Governor Calls, I Answer His Phone.

I Understand Small Business Growth. I Was One.

I Expect You To Work Hard On Our Agenda.

Anybody Who Is In A Position To Serve This Country Ought To Understand The Consequences Of Words.

I Take Personal Responsibility For Everything I Say.

Personal Responsibility

History Will Prove Me Right. This Is An Exercise In Folly.

The British Government Has Learned That Saddam Hussein Recently Sought Significant Quantities Of Uranium From Africa.

I Suspect People Are Going To Vote For Max Burns Because They Know Him As Local Boy Who's Got - Share Their Values.

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

We Don't Want Washington Democrats Running The House Of Representatives.

I'm Just Beginning To Get A Sense For Ways I Can Use Golf - Or Perhaps Mountain Biking At Some Point In Time - To Stay Focused On Causes That Are Dear To My Heart.

I Don't Bring God Into My Life To - To, You Know, Kind Of Be A Political Person.

We Are Getting More And More Imports From Abroad.

I Thought Colin Powell Did A Fine Job As Secretary Of State.

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

In Terms Of Trying To Re-create An Image, I Think That's A Waste Of Time. I Have No Interest In Doing That. The Decisions I Made Are Done.

The Democrats Believe They Need More Of Your Money To Spend Because They Can Spend It Better Than You Can. But You Know, Sometimes Philosophers Don't Act.

One Of The Common Denominators I Have Found Is That Expectations Rise Above That Which Is Expected.

States Should Have The Right To Enact Laws... Particularly To End The Inhumane Practice Of Ending A Life That Otherwise Could Live.

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.

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

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

Just Remember It's The Birds That's Supposed To Suffer, Not The Hunter.

Liberty Is The Right And Hope Of All Humanity.

We Have Now Reached A Turning Point In The Struggle Between Freedom And Terror.

The Great Thing About America Is Everybody Should Vote.

Im A Strong Proponent Of The Restoration Of The Wetlands, For A Lot Of Reasons. Theres A Practical Reason, Though, When It Comes To Hurricanes: The Stronger The Wetlands, The More Likely The Damage Of The Hurricane.

This Foreign Policy Stuff Is A Little Frustrating.

We Must Help The Reformers Of The Middle East As They Work For Freedom, And Strive To Build A Community Of Peaceful, Democratic Nations.

We're Concerned About Aids Inside Our White House, Make No Mistake About It.

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I Think I Was Unprepared For War.

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

If You're A Poor Worker - This Is For New Workers Coming Into The Workplace - Your Benefits Will Increase At The Current Rate Of Increase. If You're A Wealthier Worker, Your Benefits Would Increase At The Rate Of Inflation. And Those Changes Would Affect Positively The Unfunded Liabilities Inherent In Social Security.

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 Can Only Give My Life In A Way That Makes Me Comfortable.

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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.

If You Don't Stand For Anything, You Don't Stand For Anything!

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

American Nation Will Not Wait To Be Attacked Again. We Will Defend Our Freedom And We Will Take The Fight To The Enemy.

My Answer Is Bring Them On.

Tonight, I Ask For Your Prayers For All Those Who Grieve, For The Children Whose Worlds Have Been Shattered, For All Whose Sense Of Safety And Security Has Been Threatened. And I Pray They Will Be Comforted By A Power Greater Than Any Of Us, Spoken Through The Ages In Psalm 23: "even Though I Walk Through The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death, I Fear No Evil, For You Are With Me."

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

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

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

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

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They Have Miscalculated Me As A Leader.

We're Now Interested In Finding Those Who May Attack America And Arrest Them Before They Do. We've Had Over Nearly A Thousand People Have Been Detained In America And Questioned About Their Motives And Their Intentions.

The Rich Hire Lawyers And Accountants For A Reason - To Pass The Tax Bill On To You.

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.

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

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

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 Trust God Speaks Through Me. Without That, I Couldn't Do My Job.

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Put The 'off' Button On.

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Mass Destruction

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.

We May Discover Resources On The Moon Or Mars That Will Boggle The Imagination, That Will Test Our Limits To Dream. And The Fascination Generated By Further Exploration Will Inspire Our Young People To Study Math, And Science, And Engineering And Create A New Generation Of Innovators And Pioneers.

The Pentagon Is Constantly Adjusting Tactics Because They Have The Flexibility From The White House To Do So. The Strategy Is To Help The Iraqi People Achieve Their Objectives And Their Dreams, Which Is A Democratic Society. That's The Strategy. The Tactics It's Important That We Stay There And Get It Done; Or We Leave. We're Not Leaving So Long As I'm The President. That Would Be A Huge Mistake.

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.

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

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.)

What's The Sense Of Sending $2 Million Missiles To Hit A $10 Tent That's Empty?

Anyway, After We Go Out And Work Our Hearts Out, After You Go Out And Help Us Turn Out The Vote, After We've Convinced The Good Americans To Vote, And While They're At It, Pull That Old George W Lever, If I'm The One, When I Put My Hand On The Bible, When I Put My Hand On The Bible, That Day When They Swear Us In, When I Put My Hand On The Bible, I Will Swear To Not - To Uphold The Laws Of The Land.

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

Executive Branch

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

The Future Success Of Our Nation Depends On Our Children's Ability To Understand The Difference Between Right And Wrong And To Have The Strength Of Character To Make The Right Choices. To Help Them Reach Their Full Potential And Live With Integrity And Pride, We Must Teach Our Children To Be Kind, Responsible, Honest, And Self-disciplined. These Important Values Are First Learned In The Family, But All Of Our Citizens Have An Obligation To Support Parents In The Character Education Of Our Children

These Acts Of Mass Murder Were Intended To Frighten Our Nation Into Chaos And Retreat.but They Have Failed; Our Country Is Strong.

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

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

Our War On Terror Begins With Al-qaida, But It Does Not End There. It Will Not End Until Every Terrorist Group Of Global Reach Has Been Found, Stopped, And Defeated.

Terrorist Groups

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

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.

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

Adoption Was Such A Positive Alternative To Abortion, A Way To Save One Life And Brighten Two More: Those Of The Adoptive Parents.

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

Iraqis Are Sick Of Foreign People Coming In Their Country And Trying To Destabilize Their Country.

Sometimes In This World You Make Unpopular Decisions Because You Think They're Right.

"americans Do Not Presume To Equate God's Purposes With Any Purpose Of Our Own...."[prayer] Teaches Us To Trust, To Accept That God's Plan Unfolds In His Time, Not Our Own.

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.

You Know, I Could Run For Governor But I'm Basically A Media Creation. I've Never Done Anything. I've Worked For My Dad. I Worked In The Oil Business. But That's Not The Kind Of Profile You Have To Have To Get Elected To Public Office.

I Think If We Have A Policy Of Zero Violence, It Won't Be Met, But The Policy Of Getting The Iraqis In The Fight And Marginalizing Those Who Are Trying To Stir Up Trouble Will Be Effective.

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.

And Uh, So, I'm Running For A Reason. I'm Answering This Question Here And The Answer Is, You Cannot Lead America To A Positive Tomorrow With Revenge On One's Mind. Revenge Is So Incredibly Negative. And So To Answer Your Question, I'm Going To Win Because People Sense My Heart, Know My Sense Of Optimism And Know Where I Want To Lead The Country. And I Tease People By Saying, "a Leader, You Can't Say, Follow Me The World Is Going To Be Worse." I'm An Optimistic Person. I'm An Inherently Content Person.

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.

Tyrants And Dictators Will Accept No Other Gods Before Them. They Require Disobedience To The First Commandment. They Seek Absolute Control And Are Threatened By Faith In God. They Fear Only The Power They Cannot Possess - The Power Of Truth. So They Resent The Living Example Of The Devout, Especially The Devotion Of A Unique People Chosen By God.

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

Most People In America Understand That The Rich People Hire Good Accountants And Figure Out How Not To Necessarily Pay All The Taxes.

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

It Was Much Easier For Me To Endure The Belittling Than It Was To Watch My Dad Get Belittled.

Thank You, Your Holiness. Awesome Speech.

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

Congratulations

The North Korean Regime Remains One Of The World's Leading Proliferator Of Missile Technology, Including Transfers To Iran And Syria. The Transfer Of Nuclear Weapons Or Material By North Korea To States Or Non-state Entities Would Be Considered A Grave Threat To The United States, And We Would Hold North Korea Fully Accountable Of The Consequences Of Such Action.

We Know That Dictators Are Quick To Choose Aggression, While Free Nations Strive To Resolve Differences In Peace.

There Are Some Similarities, Of Course (between Iraq And Vietnam). Death Is Terrible.

The Islam That We Know Is A Faith Devoted To The Worship Of One God, As Revealed Through The Holy Qu'ran. It Teaches The Value And Importance Of Charity, Mercy, And Peace.

Most Of You Probably Didn't Know That I Have A New Book Out. Some Guy Put Together A Collection Of My Wit And Wisdom - Or, As He Calls It, My Accidental Wit And Wisdom. But I'm Kind Of Proud That My Words Are Already In Book Form.

I'm The President And The Commander-in-chief. Do It My Way.

I Believe That A Prosperous, Democratic Pakistan Will Be A Steadfast Partner For America, A Peaceful Neighbor For India, And A Force For Freedom And Moderation In The Arab World.

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.

I Was Not Pleased That Hamas Has Refused To Announce Its Desire To Destroy Israel.

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.

We Want Our Teachers To Be Trained So They Can Meet The Obligations, Their Obligations As Teachers. We Want Them To Know How To Teach The Science Of Reading. In Order To Make Sure There's Not This Kind Of Federal-federal Cufflink.

It's Time To Restore Honor And Dignity To The White House.

Making Sure Every Child Can Read, Making Sure That We Encourage Faith-based Organizations ... When It Comes To Helping Neighbors In Need, Making Sure That Our Neighborhoods Are Safe, Making Sure That The State Of Texas Recognizes That People From All Walks Of Life Have Got A Shot At The Texas Dream But, Most Importantly, Making Sure That Government Is Not The Answer To People's Problems.

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.

Markets Are The Best Way To Allocate Resources.

As A President, My Job Is Not To Promote A Religion, My Job Is To Call People To Serve Our Country.

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

There's A Way To Accomplish The Separation Of Church And State And At The Same Time Accomplish The Social Objective Of Having America Become A Hopeful Place And Loving Place.

Give Me A Chance To Be Your President And America Will Be Safer And Stronger And Better.

The Best Diplomacy Starts With Getting To Know Each Other.

Getting To Know Each Other

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.

The Principle I Believe In Is The Principle Of Protecting Our Nation. I Believe That The United States Has The Right To Attack Any Country It Views As A Threat At A Time And Place Of Its Choosing.

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

Except When You're Marching To War, It's Not A Very Optimistic Thought, Is It? In Other Words, It's The Opposite Of Optimistic When You're Thinking You're Going To War.

I Love Free Speech.

Freedom Of Speech

Israel Is Our Ally And In That We've Made A Very Strong Commitment To Support Israel, We Will Support Israel If Her Security Is Threatened.

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.

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

My Message Is, Is That Although Some Of You Didn't Agree With The Actions We Took, Now Let's Work Together To Rebuild Iraq, Rebuild Afghanistan, Fight Aids And Hunger, Deal With Slavery, Like Sex Slavery, And Deal With Proliferation. Let's Work Together On Big Issues.

We Know That The African Regimes, Many African Regimes Have Failed Their People And Many Africans Want Regime Change, And There Are A Lot Of African Leaders Who Make Promises But Don't Carry Them Out. I Mean, The Progress - I Mean, It Is Noble For The Rich Countries To Help Africa, But Then The Question Is: What Are African Leaders Themselves Doing To Help Their Own People?

The Lure Of Heady Profits Of The Late 1990's Spawned Abuses And Excesses. With Strict Enforcement And Higher Ethical Standards, We Must Usher In A New Era Of Integrity In Corporate America.

Ethical Standards

I Think Most People, When They Take A Look At The Candidates And The Positions Of The Candidates, Realize That Protecting This Country And Keeping This Economy Going Are The Two Most Important Issues. And You Can't Protect The Country If You Retreat From Overseas, And You Can't Keep The Economy Growing If You Raise Taxes. And That's Exactly What The Democrats In The House Would Like To Do.

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

Before History Is Written Down In Books, It Is Written In Courage.

There's Not Going To Be Enough People In The System To Take Advantage Of People Like Me.

I Am A Passionate Person When It Comes To Freedom.

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

Do You Realize We've Got 250 Million Years Of Coal? But Coal Has Got Environmental Hazards To It, But There's-i'm Convinced, And I Know That We-technology Can Be Developed So We Can Have Zero-emissions Coal-fired Electricity Plants.

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.

It Will Take Time To Restore Chaos

Take The Life Issue. This Issue Requires A President And An Administration Leading Our Nation To Understand The Importance Of Life. This Whole Faith-based Initiative Really Ties Into A Larger Cultural Issue That We're Working On. It Begins To Affect The Life Issue, As Well As The Human Dignity Issue, Because When You're Talking About Welcoming People Of Faith To Help People Who Are Disadvantaged And Are Unable To Defend Themselves, The Logical Step Is Also Those Babies.

All Across America, We Gather This Week With The People We Love To Give Thanks To God For The Blessings In Our Lives.

My Mother Always Said, 'when You're Eating Pretzels, Chew Before You Swallow'. Always Listen To Your Mother.

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.

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.

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

You Can Imagine These Radicals Getting A Hold Of A Country Where They're Able To Pull Oil Off The Market To Run The Price Of Oil Up To Extract Concession.

As Far As The Legal Hassling And Wrangling And Posturing In Florida, I Would Suggest You Talk To Our Team In Florida Led By Jim Baker.

I Think The Intelligence I Get Is Darn Good Intelligence.

I Respect Every Soldier, From Every Country, Who Serves Beside Us In The Hard Work Of History. America Is Grateful, And America Will Not Forget.

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.

Freeing People From Oppression And Despair Is Eternally Right.

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?

We Really Don't Need The United Nations Approval To Act. When It Comes To Our Security, We Do Not Need Anyones Permission.

Democrats Don't Want You To Know What Their Tax Plans Are. They Just Don't Want You To Know.

You Cannot Solve A Problem Unless You Diagnose The Problem.

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

I Will Have A Foreign-handed Foreign Policy.

Obviously I Pray Every Day There's Less Casualty.

You're Either With Us... Or You're With The Memes!

This Notion That The United States Is Getting Ready To Attack Iran Is Simply Ridiculous. And Having Said That, All Options Are On The Table

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.

Running For President Was A Good Decision.

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.

You Know, Obviously I Wish The Violence Would Go Down, But Not As Much As The Iraqi Citizens Would Wish The Violence Would Go Down. But, Incredibly Enough, They Showed Great Courage, And They Want Our Help.

A Lot Of Times In The Rhetoric, People Forget The Facts. And The Facts Are That Thousands Of Small Businesses-hispanically Owned Or Otherwise-pay Taxes At The Highest Marginal Rate.

You've Got To Be Pretty Hopeless To Become A Suicide Bomber.

Suicide Bombers

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

Free Nations Are Peaceful Nations. Free Nations Don't Attack Each Other. Free Nations Don't Develop Weapons Of Mass Destruction.

The Men And Women Of Afghanistan Are Building A Nation That Is Free, And Proud, And Fighting Terror - And America Is Honored To Be Their Friend.

They've Seen Me Make Decisions, They've Seen Me Under Trying Times, They've Seen Me Weep, They've Seen Me Laugh, They've Seen Me Hug. And They Know Who I Am, And I Believe They're Comfortable With The Fact That They Know I'm Not Going To Shift Principles Or Shift Positions Based Upon Polls And Focus Groups.

Secondly, There Are Such Things As Roving Wiretaps. Now, By The Way, Any Time You Hear The United States Government Talking About Wiretap, It Requires - A Wiretap Requires A Court Order. [...] Nothing Has Changed, By The Way. When We're Talking About Chasing Down Terrorists, We're Talking About Getting A Court Order Before We Do So. [...]

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.

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.

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