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This New Enemy Seeks To Destroy Our Freedom And Impose Its Views. We Value Life; The Terrorists Ruthlessly Destroy It. We Value Education; The Terrorists Do Not Believe Women Should Be Educated Or Should Have Health Care, Or Should Leave Their Homes. We Value The Right To Speak Our Minds; For The Terrorists, Free Expression Can Be Grounds For Execution. We Respect People Of All Faiths And Welcome The Free Practice Of Religion; Our Enemy Wants To Dictate How To Think And How To Worship Even To Their Fellow Muslims.

-George W. Bush

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George W. Bush

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This New Enemy Seeks To Destroy Our Freedom And Impose Its Views. We Value Life; The Terrorists Ruthlessly Destroy It. We Value Education; The Terrorists Do Not Believe Women Should Be Educated Or Should Have Health Care, Or Should Leave Their Homes. We Value The Right To Speak Our Minds; For The Terrorists, Free Expression Can Be Grounds For Execution. We Respect People Of All Faiths And Welcome The Free Practice Of Religion; Our Enemy Wants To Dictate How To Think And How To Worship Even To Their Fellow Muslims.

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I Want To Live Out Principles That Became A Part Of My Life In My 40s, 50s, And 60s. One Principle Is The Universality Of Freedom.

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We've Got To Have All Those Tools. The Patriot Act Tearing Down Those Walls Between Intel And Law Enforcement Are A Necessary Part Of Protecting The Country. But, In The Long Term, The Only Way To Defeat This Terrorist Bunch Is Through The Spread Of Liberty And Freedom. And That's A Big Challenge. I Understand It's A Challenge. It Requires Commitment And Patience And Persistence.

I Don't Watch The Nightly Newscasts On Tv . . . Nor Do I Watch The Endless Hours Of People Giving Their Opinion About Things. I Don't Read The Editorial Pages; I Don't Read The Columnists. It Can Be A Frustrating Experience To Pay Attention To Somebody's False Opinion.

There's Only One Person Who Hugs The Mothers And The Widows, The Wives And The Kids Upon The Death Of Their Loved One. Others Hug But Having Committed The Troops, I've Got An Additional Responsibility To Hug And That's Me And I Know What It's Like.

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You Cannot Lead America To A Positive Tomorrow With Revenge On One's Mind. Revenge Is So Incredibly Negative.

The Do-not-call Registry Is Still Being Challenged In Court. Yet, The Conclusions Of The American People, The Legislative Branch, And The Executive Branch Are Beyond Question.

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I'm Talking About Living Life To Its Fullest.

Live Life To Its Fullest

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Renewing The Promise Of America Begins With Upholding The Dignity Of Human Life.

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Getting To Know Each Other

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It's A Time Of Sorrow And Sadness When We Lose A Loss Of Life.

Lost Friendship

Over The Past Month, Muslims Have Fasted, Taking No Food Or Water During Daylight Hours, In Order To Refocus Their Minds On Faith And Redirect Their Hearts To Charity. Muslims Worldwide Have Stretched Out A Hand Of Mercy To Those In Need. Charity Tables At Which The Poor Can Break Their Fast Line The Streets Of Cities And Towns. And Gifts Of Food And Clothing And Money Are Distributed To Ensure That All Share In God's Abundance. Muslims Often Invite Members Of Other Families To Their Evening Iftar Meals, Demonstrating A Spirit Of Tolerance.

I Love Free Speech.

Freedom Of Speech

Well From A Personal Perspective, Quitting Drinking Is A Decision I Felt Good About.

My Job Is A Decision-making Job, And As A Result, I Make A Lot Of Decisions.

Perceptions Change With Time And You Can't Rush It, In My Judgment.

I Saw A Threat In Saddam Hussein. Members Of The United States Congress From Both Political Parties Saw That Same Threat. The United Nation's Saw The Threat. I Made The Right Decision In Getting Saddam Hussein Out Of Power.

America Is Addicted To Oil And Increasing Amounts Of This Oil Comes From Abroad. Some Of The Nations We Depend On For Oil Have Unstable Governments Or Are Hostile Towards The United States.

The Bill Congress Sent Me Would Take Away One Of The Most Valuable Tools In The War On Terror... So Today I Vetoed It.

If I'm The President, We're Going To Have Emergency-room Care, We're Going To Have Gag Orders.

I'm Hopeful. I Know There Is A Lot Of Ambition In Washington, Obviously. But I Hope The Ambitious Realize That They Are More Likely To Succeed With Success As Opposed To Failure.

If You Take All The Food Aid, America Is By Far The Most Generous Country. If You Take The Direct Aid, We're Very Generous. But When You Add On Our Private Contributions - See, Our Tax System Encourages Private Citizens To Donate To Organisations That, For Example, Help The Folks In Africa. And When You Take The Combined Effort Of Us Taxpayers' Money Plus Us Citizens' Donations, We're Very Generous. And We'll Do More.

There Was No Evidence That Saddam Hussein Was Involved With The Attack Of 9/11, I've Never Said That And Never Made That Case Prior To Going Into Iraq.

I Would Like People To Understand The Rationale For My Embryonic Stem Cell Research Decision And How The Process Became Distorted Over Time.

I Said, Going Into Iraq, "we've Got To Take Threats Seriously Before They Full Materialize." I Saw A Threat. I Fully Believe It Was The Right Decision To Remove Saddam Hussein, And I Fully Believe The World Is Better Off Without Him.

The Patriot Act Closed Dangerous Gaps In America's Law Enforcement And Intelligence Capabilities, Gaps That Terrorists Exploited When They Attacked Us.

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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