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Sometimes It Can Seem That History Is Turning In A Wide Arc, Toward An Unknown Shore. Yet The Destination Of History Is Determined By Human Action, And Every Great Movement Of History Comes To A Point Of Choosing.

-George W. Bush

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Sometimes It Can Seem

George W. Bush

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Sometimes It Can Seem That History Is Turning In A Wide Arc, Toward An Unknown Shore. Yet The Destination Of History Is Determined By Human Action, And Every Great Movement Of History Comes To A Point Of Choosing.

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It Is Incredibly Presumptive For Somebody Who Has Not Yet Earned His Party's Nomination To Start Speculating About Vice Presidents.

The Cornerstone Of Our Policy In That Part Of The World Is To Help Democracies. Lebanon's A Democracy. We Want The Siniora Government To Succeed.

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

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.

I Don't See How We Can Allow Public Dollars To Fund Programs Where Spite And Hate Is The Core Of The Message.

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.

Each Day Millions Of Our Citizens Approach Our Maker On Bended Knee, Seeking His Grace And Giving Thanks For The Many Blessings He Bestows Upon Us.

I Will Reach Out To Others And Explain Why I Make The Decisions I Make.

I Believe That God Wants Me To Be President.

States Like (iraq, Iran, & North Korea), And Their Terrorist Allies, Constitute An Axis Of Evil, Arming To Threaten The Peace Of The World.

I Can Press When There Needs To Be Pressed; I Can Hold Hands When There Needs To Be - Hold Hands.

Immigrants Bring To America The Values Of Faith In God, Love Of Family, Hard Work And Self Reliance - The Values That Made Us A Great Nation To Begin With. We've All Seen Those Values In Action, Through The Service And Sacrifice Of More Than 35,000 Foreign-born Men And Women Currently On Active Duty In The United States Military.

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 Think Everybody Knows That Africa Is In A Very Deep Crisis. There Is Economic Misery And Social Deprivation And That Africa Needs Help But The Question Then Is How. And Also We Have To Make Sure That We Don't Repeat Old Mistakes; This Help Is Only Short Term. It Doesn't Address Africa's Long-term Fundamental Needs And How To Put Africa On The Right Track To Development. What Africa Needs To Do Is To Grow, To Grow Out Of Debt.

Running For President Was A Good Decision.

There Are Prayers That Help Us Last Through The Day, Or Endure The Night. There Are Prayers Of Friends And Strangers, That Give Us Strength For The Journey. And There Are Prayers That Yield Our Will To A Will Greater Than Our Own.

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

We Will Be Changing The Regime Of Iraq For The Good Of The Iraqi People.

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

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.

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I Understand Religion Is A Walk, It's A Journey. And I Fully Recognize That I'm A Sinner, Just Like You.

Unfairly But Truthfully, Our Party Has Been Tagged As Being Against Things. Anti-immigrant, For Example. And Were Not A Party Of Anti-immigrants. Quite The Opposite. Were A Party That Welcomes People.

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

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.

I Can Hear You, The Rest Of The World Can Hear You And The People Who Knocked These Buildings Down Will Hear All Of Us Soon.

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I Think Whoever Is The President [he] Must Guard Your Liberties, Must Not Erode Your Rights In America.

Each Congressional Race Really Depends Upon The Candidates And How They Carry The Message.

Let Us Never Tolerate Outrageous Conspiracy Theories Concerning The Attacks Of September The 11th; Malicious Lies That Attempt To Shift The Blame Away From The Terrorists, Themselves, Away From The Guilty.

Over Time It's Going To Be Important For Nations To Know They Will Be Held Accountable For Inactivity. You're Either With Us Or Against Us In The Fight Against Terror.

I'm Mindful In A Free Society That People Can Worship If They Want To Or Not. You're Equally An American If You Choose To Worship An Almighty And If You Choose Not To.

[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.

I'm Not Surprised If We Begin To Uncover The Weapons Program Of Saddam Hussein - Because He Had A Weapons Program.

Mass Destruction

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

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.

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