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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.

-George W. Bush

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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.

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Reading History

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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.

I Gave Them A Fair Warning

We Have A Duty To Our Country To Participate In The Political Process. See, If You Believe In Freedom, You Have A Duty To Exercise Your Right To Vote To Begin With. I'm [here] To Encourage People To Do Their Duty, To Go To The Polls. I Want All People, No Matter What Their Political Party Is Or Whether They Even Like A Political Party, To Exercise Their Obligation To Vote.

The Economy Is Growing, Productivity Is High, Trade Is Up, People Are Working. It's Not As Good As We'd Like, But -- And To The Extent That We Find Weakness, We'll Move.

First, We Would Not Accept A Treaty That Would Not Have Been Ratified, Nor A Treaty That I Thought Made Sense For The Country.

Most People In America Understand That The Rich People Hire Good Accountants And Figure Out How Not To Necessarily Pay All The Taxes.

American Nation Will Not Wait To Be Attacked Again. We Will Defend Our Freedom And We Will Take The Fight To The Enemy.

As Americans, We Want Peace - We Work And Sacrifice For Peace. But There Can Be No Peace If Our Security Depends On The Will And Whims Of A Ruthless And Aggressive Dictator. I'm Not Willing To Stake One American Life On Trusting Saddam Hussein.

The Vast Majority Of Our Imports Come From Outside The Country.

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.

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

This Was Not An Act Of Terrorism, But It Was An Act Of War.

War On Terrorism

You Teach A Child To Read, And He Or Her Will Be Able To Pass A Literacy Test.

Free Market Capitalism Is Far More Than Economic Theory. It Is The Engine Of Social Mobility-the Highway To The American Dream.

I Do Remain Confident In Linda. She'll Make A Fine Labor Secretary. From What I've Read In The Press Accounts, She's Perfectly Qualified.

Never Paint Your Wife Or Your Mother.

When I Was Young And Irresponsible, I Was Young And Irresponsible.

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