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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.

-George W. Bush

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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.

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Whatever It Took To Help Taiwan Defend Theirself.

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Congratulations

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Sense Of Responsibility

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Iraq Will Succeed Because The Iraqis Will See To It That They Succeed. And Our Job Is To Help Them Succeed. That's Our Job.

The Problem Is, There Was Plenty Of Trash Talk During My Presidency. A Lot.

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

On 9-11, We Discovered That We Cannot Escape From The World. To Me Personally, This Was A Life-changing Experience, And I Realized, As Did All Americans, In A Way That Is Impossible To Describe, That We Were Not Protected By The Two Oceans. It Was Necessary To Eliminate Threats Before They Showed Up On Our Doorstep. I Agree That We Should Not Be Getting Caught Up In Far Away Wars. But I Believe Iraq Was Central To Our War On Terrorism.

The Suicide Bombings Have Increased. There's Too Many Of Them.

We Ought To Be Using Nuclear Power. It's A Renewable Source Of Energy.

All Human Life Is Precious.

Life Is Precious

I Talked To My Little Brother, Jeb - I Haven't Told This To Many People. But He's The Governor Of - I Shouldn't Call Him My Little Brother - My Brother, Jeb, The Great Governor Of Texas.

I Heard Somebody Say, 'where's (nelson) Mandela?' Well, Mandela's Dead. Because Saddam Killed All The Mandelas. --george W. Bush, On The Former South African President, Who Is Still Very Much Alive, Washington, D.c., Sept. 20, 2007

Faith Gives The Assurance That Our Lives And Our History Have A Moral Design.

Sometimes Armchair Quarterbacks Are Doing It To Enhance Their Own Image. I'm Just Not Comfortable With That Idea.

I Told All Four [congressional Leaders] That There Are Going To Be Some Times Where We Don't Agree With Each Other, But That's Ok. If This Were A Dictatorship, It Would Be A Heck Of A Lot Easier, Just So Long As I'm The Dictator.

As You Know, We Don't Have Relationships With Iran. I Mean, That's - Ever Since The Late '70s, We Have No Contacts With Them, And We've Totally Sanctioned Them. In Other Words, There's No Sanctions - You Can't - We're Out Of Sanctions.

The Iraqis Needed To Know That We Weren't Going To Leave Them Alone. No Matter How Difficult It Was, The United States Would Help Them Realize The Universal Desire To Be Free. Now Of Course, If You Didn't Believe In The Universality Of Freedom, Then Of Course, You Wouldn't Act. I Care How They Live And I Believe A Free Iraq Will Be Transformative.

I've Heard The Call. I Believe God Wants Me To Run For President.

Look, The Key For Me Is To Keep Expectations Low.

I Strongly Believe That Marriage Should Be Defined As Between A Man And A Woman. I'm Troubled By Activist Judges Who Are Defining Marriage. I've Watched Carefully What's Happened In San Francisco Where Licenses Were Being Issued, Even Though The Law States Otherwise. I Have Consistently Stated That I Will Support Law To Protect Marriage Between A Man And A Woman. And Obviously These Events Are Influencing My Decision.

Today We Affirm A New Commitment To Live Out Our Nation's Promise Through Civility, Courage, Compassion And Character.

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

It's Important To Take Risks.

We Americans Have Faith In Ourselves, But Not In Ourselves Alone. We Do Not Know-we Do Not Claim To Know All The Ways Of Providence, Yet We Can Trust In Them, Placing Our Confidence In The Loving God Behind All Of Life, And All Of History.

Iraq Is A Very Important Part Of Securing The Homeland, And Its A Very Important Part Of Helping Change The Middle East Into A Part Of The World That Will Not Serve As A Threat To The Civilized World, To People Like - Or To The Developed World, To People Like - In The United States.

I Also Have Picked A Secretary For Housing And Human Development. Mel Martinez From The State Of Florida.

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."

People Shouldn't Read Into Venue Locations Someone's Heart.

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.

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 Shouldn't Fear A World That Is More Interacted.

And This Is My Solemn Pledge: I Will Work To Build A Single Nation Of Justice And Opportunity. I Know This Is In Our Reach Because We Are Guided By A Power Larger Than Ourselves Who Creates Us Equal In His Image.

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