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The Best Way To Fight Evil Is To Do Some Good. Let Me Qualify That—the Best Way To Fight Evil At Home Is To Do Some Good. The Best Way To Fight Them Abroad Is To Unleash The Military.

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The Best Way To Fight Evil Is To Do Some Good. Let Me Qualify That—the Best Way To Fight Evil At Home Is To Do Some Good. The Best Way To Fight Them Abroad Is To Unleash The Military.

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islam, As Practiced By The Vast Majority Of People, Is A Peaceful Religion.

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There's Also Consumer Debt, The Credit Card Debt That Burdens Many Of The Working Families In America. Yes, We Talk About National Debt, And We're Paying A Lot Down. But You're Fixing To Hear Me Tell You Part Of The Remedy For People Who Have Got A Lot Of Credit Card Debt Is To Make Sure People Get Some Of Their Own Money Back.

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.

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These People Are Trying To Shake The Will Of The Iraqi Citizens, And They Want Us To Leave...i Think The World Would Be Better Off If We Did Leave.

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You Know, What's Interesting About Washington...it's The Kind Of Place Where Second-guessing Has Become Second-nature.

That's Washington. That's The Place Where You Find People Getting Ready To Jump Out Of The Foxholes Before The First Shot Is Fired.

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I Thought How Proud I Am To Be Standing Up Beside My Dad. Never Did It Occur To Me That He Would Become The Gist For Cartoonists.

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Black And White

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Pursuit Of Happiness

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Whatever It Took To Help Taiwan Defend Theirself.

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Mass Destruction

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Americans Should Not Expect One Battle, But A Lengthy Campaign, Unlike Any Other We Have Ever Seen. It May Include Dramatic Strikes, Visible On Tv, And Covert Operations, Secret Even In Success.

This Is A Different - A Different Era, A Different War, Stretch. So What We're - People Are Changing Phone Numbers And Phone Calls, And They're Moving Quick. And We've Got To Be Able To Detect And Prevent. I Keep Saying That, But This Is A - It Requires Quick Action. . . .

For Decades, The Public School System Failed Too Many Children, So We Passed The No Child Left Behind Act And Demanded Schools Show Results In Return For Money.

Civil Society People - These Are The People - Civil Society Groups Are The People Who Need To Monitor The Aid To Ensure That The Aid Is Directed To What It Is Supposed To. And In Order For Them To Do So, They Need To Have The Space, They Need To Have The Freedom, And They Need To Have The Right To Demonstrate, And To Petition Their Government. They Can't Do That In Ethiopia; They Can't Do That In Eritrea; And So This Is Why I Was Cautioning That We May Be Repeating Some Of Our Old Mistakes.

On September 11 2001, America Felt Its Vulnerability Even To Threats That Gather On The Other Side Of The Earth. We Resolved Then, And We Are Resolved Today, To Confront Every Threat From Any Source That Could Bring Sudden Terror And Suffering To America.

World Suffering

About 14 Percent Of Our Nation's Civilian Workforce Is Foreign-born.

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Quotas Are Bad For America. It's Not The Way America Is All About.

Compassionate Conservative Soft Bigotry Of Low Expectations.

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Sense Of Responsibility

I Think That Not Criticizing My Successor Is A Statement Unto Itself, In Terms Of Trying To Create An Environment Where People Are Able To Have A Meaningful Discussion Or Debate Without Trash Talk.

The Solid Truth Of The Matter Is, When You Find - If You Want To Help Heal The Hurt, If You Want To Hurt People And - Help People In Pain, The Best Way To Do So Is To Call Upon The Great Strength Of The Country, Which Is The Compassion Of Our Fellow Americans.

[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.

The Terrorists Believe That Free Societies Are Essentially Corrupt And Decadent And, With A Few Hard Blows, They Can Force Us To Retreat. They Are Mistaken.

I Believe In The Universality Of Freedom And Therefore Want To Be Involved In The Freedom Movement.

I Think It's Very Important That We Protect Marriage As An Institution Between A Man And A Woman. I Proposed A Constitutional Amendment. The Reason I Did So Was Because I Was Worried That Activist Judges Are Actually Defining The Definition Of Marriage. And The Surest Way To Protect Marriage Between A Man And Woman Is To Amend The Constitution.

I Support The Death Penalty Because I Believe, If Administered Swiftly And Justly, Capital Punishment Is A Deterrent Against Future Violence And Will Save Other Innocent Lives.

I Just Remember, All I'm Doing Is Remembering When I Was A Kid I Remember That They Used To Put Out There In The Old West, A Wanted Poster. It Said: "wanted, Dead Or Alive." All I Want And America Wants Him Brought To Justice. That's What We Want.

It Will Take Time To Restore Chaos

I Think It Was In The Rose Garden Where I Issued This Brilliant Statement: If I Had A Magic Wand -- But The President Doesn't Have A Magic Wand. You Just Can't Say, 'low Gas.'

I Had To Abandon Free Market Principles In Order To Save The Free Market System.

It Has Sustained Me In Moments Of Success And In Moments Of Disappointment. Without It, I'd Be A Different Person. And Without It, I Doubt I'd Be Here Today.

I Believe That People Whose Skins Aren't Necessarily - Are A Different Color Than White Can Self-govern.

Faith Crosses Every Border And Touches Every Heart In Every Nation.

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

Our Enemies Send Other People's Children On Missions Of Suicide And Murder. They Embrace Tyranny And Death As A Cause And A Creed. We Stand For A Different Choice - Made Long Ago, On The Day Of Our Founding. We Affirm It Again Today. We Choose Freedom And The Dignity Of Every Life.

We Concluded That Tomorrow Is A Moment Of Truth For The World. Many Nations Have Voiced A Commitment To Peace And Security, And Now They Must Demonstrate That Commitment To Peace And Security In The Only Effective Way: By Supporting The Immediate And Unconditional Disarmament Of Saddam Hussein.

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.

When Your Economy Is Kind Of Ooching Along, It's Important To Let People Have More Of Their Own Money.

The Legislature's Job Is To Write Law. It's The Executive Branch's Job To Interpret Law.

I Hope We Get To The Bottom Of The Answer. It's What I'm Interested To Know.

The Days Of Discriminating Against Religious Institutions Simply Because They Are Religious Must Come To An End.

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.

I Meant It When I Said She Was The Greatest First Lady Ever. Because She Viewed The Presidency And Being First Lady As An Opportunity To Improve People's Lives. It Wasn't A Burden. She Put Her Heart And Soul Into The Experience, Just Like I Did.

What Our Enemies Have Begun, We Will Finish.

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

Scripture Says: "blessed Are Those Who Mourn For They Shall Be Comforted." I Call On Every American Family And The Family Of America To Observe A National Day Of Prayer And Remembrance, Honoring The Memory Of The Thousands Of Victims Of These Brutal Attacks And Comforting Those Who Lost Loved Ones. We Will Persevere Through This National Tragedy And Personal Loss. In Time, We Will Find Healing And Recovery; And, In The Face Of All This Evil, We Remain Strong And United, "one Nation Under God."

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.

Our Goal In Iraq Is Victory. Our Goal Is For A Young Democracy To Be Able To Sustain Itself, Govern Itself, And Defend Itself And Serve As An Ally In The War On Terror.

I Wanted To Come To Washington, D.c. And Help Be A Transformative President. And I Think History, When They Look Back, Will Say This Is A Fellow Who Knew How To Make Decisions, And Made Some Tough Ones, Stood By Them, Wasn't Driven By The Latest Opinion Poll, But Was Driven By Some Core Principles From Which He Would Not Deviate.

My Geordie Is Probably Just About As Bad As My English.

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

We've Come To Know Truths That We Will Never Question: Evil Is Real, And It Must Be Opposed.

The Nature Of The Presidency Is That Sometimes You Don't Choose Which Challenges Come To Your Desk. You Do Decide How To Respond.

I've Made It Clear, Madam President, That The War Against Terrorism Is Not A War Against Muslims, Nor Is It A War Against Arabs. It's A War Against Evil People Who Conduct Crimes Against Innocent People.

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

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

I Think The Intelligence I Get Is Darn Good Intelligence.

When You're Writing About Something That Happened, It Helps You Transition To The Present.

Islam Is A Vibrant Faith. Millions Of Our Fellow Citizens Are Muslim. We Respect The Faith. We Honor Its Traditions. Our Enemy Does Not. Our Enemy Doesn't Follow The Great Traditions Of Islam. They've Hijacked A Great Religion.

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

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 Comfortable That I Made The Best Decisions I Possibly Could.

Not Far From Here Where We Gather Today Is A Symbol Of Freedom Familiar To All Americans -- The Liberty Bell. When The Declaration Of Independence Was First Read In Public, The Liberty Bell Was Sounded In Celebration, And A Witness Said: "it Rang As If It Meant Something."

I Think War Is A Dangerous Place.

The Important Question Is, How Many Hands Have I Shaked?

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