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Through My Faith-based And Community Initiative, My Administration Continues To Encourage The Essential Work Of Faith-based And Community Organizations. Governments Can And Should Support Effective Social Services, Including Those Provided By Religious People And Organizations. When Government Gives That Support, It Is Important That Faith-based Institutions Not Be Forced To Change Their Religious Character.

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Through My Faith-based And

George W. Bush

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Through My Faith-based And Community Initiative, My Administration Continues To Encourage The Essential Work Of Faith-based And Community Organizations. Governments Can And Should Support Effective Social Services, Including Those Provided By Religious People And Organizations. When Government Gives That Support, It Is Important That Faith-based Institutions Not Be Forced To Change Their Religious Character.

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I Ask You To Uphold The Values Of America And Remember Why So Many Have Come Here. We're In A Fight For Our Principles, And Our First Responsibility Is To Live By Them. No One Should Be Singled Out For Unfair Treatment Or Unkind Words Because Of Their Ethnic Background Or Religious Faith.

Natural Gas Is Hemispheric; I Like To Call It Hemispheric In Nature, Because It Is A Product That We Can Find In Our Neighborhoods.

We Have Enough Coal To Last For 250 Years, Yet Coal Also Prevents An Environmental Challenge.

I'm A Content Person And I'm Content Knowing That I Gave It My All When I Was President.

I Think, To A Certain Extent The Economy And These Decisions I Made To Protect The Country Matter A Lot.

My Meetings With [ahmed Chalabi] Were Very Brief. I Mean, I Think I Met With Him At The State Of The Union And Just Kind Of Working Through The Rope Line, And He Might Have Come With A Group Of Leaders. But I Haven't Had Any Extensive Conversations With Him.

This Is A Decent And Honorable Country - And Resilient, Too. We've Been Through A Lot Together. We've Met Challenges And Faced Dangers, And We Know That More Lie Ahead. Yet We Can Go Forward With Confidence - Because The State Of Our Union Is Strong, Our Cause In The World Is Right, And Tonight That Cause Goes On. God Bless.

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.

The Best Hope For Peace In Our World Is The Expansion Of Freedom In All The World.

I Know We Need More Nuclear Power In Order - Nuclear Power, After All, Is Not Dependent On Fossil Fuels And Emits No Greenhouse Gases. I Believe We're Going To Be Able To Have Coal-fired Plants That Have Zero Emissions. We Need To Work On Carbon Sequestration Technologies. I Mean, There's A Lot We Can Do Together And Achieve The Objective, Which A Lot Of People Want, Which Is The Reduction Of Greenhouse Gases, And At The Same Time, Have Viable Economic Growth.

I Appreciate That Question Because I, In The State Of Texas, Had Heard A Lot Of Discussion About A Faith-based Initiative Eroding The Important Bridge Between Church And State.

It Helps Me Sleep At Night.

Should Any Iraqi Officer Or Soldier Receive An Order From Saddam Hussein.... Don't Follow That Order. Because If You Choose To Do So, When Iraq Is Liberated, You Will Be Treated, Tried And Persecuted As A War Criminal.

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