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Since September 11th, Federal Terrorism Investigations Have Resulted In Charges Against More Than 400 Suspects, And More Than Half Those Charged Have Been Convicted. Federal, State, And Local Law Enforcement Have Used The Patriot Act To Break Up Terror Cells In New York And Oregon And Virginia And In Florida. We've Prosecuted Terrorist Operatives And Supporters. These Efforts Have Not Always Made The Headlines But They've Made Communities Safer. The Patriot Act Has Accomplished Exactly What It Was Designed To Do.

-George W. Bush

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George W. Bush

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Since September 11th, Federal Terrorism Investigations Have Resulted In Charges Against More Than 400 Suspects, And More Than Half Those Charged Have Been Convicted. Federal, State, And Local Law Enforcement Have Used The Patriot Act To Break Up Terror Cells In New York And Oregon And Virginia And In Florida. We've Prosecuted Terrorist Operatives And Supporters. These Efforts Have Not Always Made The Headlines But They've Made Communities Safer. The Patriot Act Has Accomplished Exactly What It Was Designed To Do.

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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.

This Is My Maiden Voyage. My First Speech Since I Was The President Of The United States And I Couldn't Think Of A Better Place To Give It Than Calgary, Canada.

This May Sound A Little West Texan To You, But I Like It. When I'm Talking About.. When I'm Talking About Myself, And When He's Talking About Myself, All Of Us Are Talking About Me.

Children And Unborn Children Should Be Protected By Law And Welcomed Into Life.

Hezbollah Is Not A State. They're A, You Know, Supposed Political Party That Happens To Be Armed.

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

If Someone Committed A Crime, They Will No Longer Work In My Administration.

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.

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

One Of The Things I Learned As President Is That Your Life Is Just Not Going To Unfold The Way You Want It To. There Will Be Surprises, Challenges, And Therefore The Question Is How You Deal With The Unexpected.

Laura And I Really Don't Realize How Bright Our Children Is Sometimes Until We Get An Objective Analysis.

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

We Cannot Let Terrorists Hold This Nation Hostile Or Hold Our Allies Hostile.

And Our Security Will Require All Americans To Be Forward-looking And Resolute, To Be Ready For Pre-emptive Action.

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