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Our Democratic Faith Is More Than The Creed Of Our Country, It Is The Inborn Hope Of Our Humanity, An Ideal We Carry But Do Not Own, A Trust We Bear And Pass Along. And Even After Nearly 225 Years, We Have A Long Way Yet To Travel.

-George W. Bush

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Our Democratic Faith Is

George W. Bush

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Our Democratic Faith Is More Than The Creed Of Our Country, It Is The Inborn Hope Of Our Humanity, An Ideal We Carry But Do Not Own, A Trust We Bear And Pass Along. And Even After Nearly 225 Years, We Have A Long Way Yet To Travel.

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

Wall Street Got Drunk And Now It's Got A Hangover. And The Question Is, How Long Will It Sober Up And Not Try To Do Those Fancy Financial Instruments?

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The All-volunteer Army Works. It Works Particularly When We Pay Our Troops Well.

I Think The Fundamentals Of The Economy Are Finally In The Electronic Economy And They Are Strong Are We Have Reason For Great Optimism.

Mathematics Are One Of The Fundamentaries Of Educationalizing Our Youth.

Even Grief Recedes With Time And Grace. But Our Resolve Must Not Pass. Each Of Us Will Remember What Happened That Day, And To Whom It Happened. We'll Remember The Moment The News Came -- Where We Were And What We Were Doing. Some Will Remember An Image Of A Fire, Or A Story Of Rescue. Some Will Carry Memories Of A Face And A Voice Gone Forever.

I Don't Think That Witchcraft Is A Religion. I Wish The Military Would Rethink This Decision.

In Some Cases, The Measured Use Of Force Is All That Protects Us From A Chaotic World Ruled By Force.

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.

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

Working Together

Baptists Have Long Upheld The Ideal Of A Free Church In A Free State. And From The Beginning, They Believed That Forcing A Person To Worship Against His Will Violated The Principles Of Both Christianity And Civility.

I Don't Want To Interfere With My Successor's Presidency.

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

Look, This Is A Man, He's Got Great Numbers. He Talks About Numbers. I'm Beginning To Think Not Only Did He Invent The Internet, But He Invented The Calculator. It's Fuzzy Math. It's A Scaring - Trying To Scare People In The Voting Booth. Under My Tax Plan, That He Continues To Criticize, I Set A Third - The Federal Government Should Take No More Than A Third Of Anybody's Check.

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.

We Should Fund The Armies Of Compassion, We Should Not Discriminate Against Faith-based Programs.

What I Really Think Is Going To Happen Over Time Is Technology Is Going To Change The Way We Live For The Good For The Environment.

One Of The Things Important About History Is To Remember The True History.

There Is But One Just Use Of Power And It Is To Serve People.

Servant Leadership

I Fully Understand Some People Don't Believe It's Possible For Freedom And Democracy To Overcome This Ideology Of Hatred. I Understand That. I Just Happen To Believe It Is Possible. And I Believe It Will Happen.

One Of The Hardest Parts Of My Job Is To Connect Iraq To The War On Terror.

To Those Of You Who Received Honours, Awards And Distinctions, I Say, Well Done. And To The C Students, I Say, You Too Can Be President Of The United States.

We Live In Freedom Because Every Generation Has Produced Patriots Willing To Serve A Cause Greater Than Themselves. Those Who Serve Today Are Taking Their Rightful Place Among The Greatest Generations That Have Worn Our Nation's Uniform.

We're Not Going To Spend Taxpayers' Money On Abortion. This Is An Issue That Divides America. But Certainly Reasonable People Can Agree On How To Reduce Abortions In America.

So, I'm Lying On The Couch And Laura Walks In And I Say, 'free At Last,' And She Says 'you're Free All Right, You're Free To Do The Dishes.' So I Say, 'you're Talking To The Former President, Baby,' And She Said, 'consider This Your New Domestic Policy Agenda.'

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.

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.

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Whatever It Took To Help Taiwan Defend Theirself.

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Here In Usa We Respect Someone's Rights, And As We Profess Tolerance, We Shouldn't Change - Or Have To Change - Our Basic Views On The Sanctity Of Marriage. I Believe In The Sanctity Of Marriage. I Think It's Very Important That We Protect Marriage As An Institution, Between A Man And A Woman.

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.

One Of My Proudest Moments Is I Didn't Sell My Soul For The Sake Of Popularity.

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I'm Content Because I'm A Busy Person.

I Love Free Speech.

Freedom Of Speech

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.

It's Exciting For Me To See [laura Bush] Busy And Out There Enjoying What She's Doing. But We Always Make Time To Be With Each Other As Well.

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

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

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

When John Murtha, For Example, Said The Marines Are Killing Innocent Civilians In Cold Blood.

The Greatest Power Of Freedom Is To Overcome Hatred And Violence, And Turn The Creative Gifts Of Men And Women To The Pursuits Of Peace.

Americans Understand We Fight Not A Religion; Ours Is Not A Campaign Against The Muslim Faith. Ours Is A Campaign Against Evil.

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

I Don't Think You're Entitled To Read My Mail Between My Daughters And Me.

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

The Problem With Golf Is I Have To Deal With A Humiliation Factor.

It's Important To Take Risks.

...(o)ne Thing That The World Can Count On Is That We Will Not Allow Israel To Be Crushed.

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

We Face An Enemy That Is Brutal. There Is No Negotiation With These People. You Can't Try To Talk Reason Into These Totalitarians.

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?

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

Murdering The Innocent To Advance An Ideology Is Wrong Every Time Everywhere

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