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Throughout Our History, The Words Of The Declaration Have Inspired Immigrants From Around The World To Set Sail To Our Shores. These Immigrants Have Helped Transform 13 Small Colonies Into A Great And Growing Nation Of More Than 300 People.

-George W. Bush

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Throughout Our History, The Words Of The Declaration Have Inspired Immigrants From Around The World To Set Sail To Our Shores. These Immigrants Have Helped Transform 13 Small Colonies Into A Great And Growing Nation Of More Than 300 People.

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America Stands For Liberty, For The Pursuit Of Happiness And For The Unalienable Right For Life. This Right To Life Cannot Be Granted Or Denied By Government Because It Does Not Come From Government, It Comes From The Creator Of Life.

Pursuit Of Happiness

In The Long Term, We've Got To Defeat An Ideology Of Hate With An Ideology Of Hope. There' A Reason Why People Like [al-qaida Leader Osama] Bin Laden Are Able To Recruit Suiciders, Because If You Don't Have Hope, You're Attracted To An Ideology Which Says, It's Ok To Kill People And Kill Yourself.

For Decades, Free Nations Tolerated Oppression In The Middle East For The Sake Of Stability. In Practice, This Approach Brought Little Stability And Much Oppression, So I Have Changed This Policy.

When I Take Action, I'm Not Going To Fire A $2 Million Missile At A $10 Empty Tent And Hit A Camel In The Butt. It's Going To Be Decisive.

One Of The Very Difficult Parts Of The Decision I Made On The Financial Crisis Was To Use Hardworking People's Money To Help Prevent There To Be A Crisis.

See, One Of The Interesting Things In The Oval Office - I Love To Bring People Into The Oval Office - Right Around The Corner From Here - And Say, This Is Where I Office, But I Want You To Know The Office Is Always Bigger Than The Person.

And What's Interesting, And I Don't Think A Lot Of Americans Understand This Fact, Is That, One, Most New Jobs Are Created By Small Businesses; Two, Most Small Businesses Pay Tax At The Individual Income Tax, Or Many Small Businesses Pay Tax There.

I'd Like To See Stability And A Unified Iraq. A Young Democracy Will Provide The Stability We Look For. I Will Tell You That If We Just Isolate Ourselves From The Middle East And Hope For The Best, We Will Not Address The Conditions That Had Led Young Suiciders To Get On Airplanes To Come And Attack Amerika In The First Place.

I Have Said That The Sanction Regime Is Like Swiss Cheese - That Meant That They Weren't Very Effective.

They Have Miscalculated Me As A Leader.

I Do Think We Need For A Troop To Be Able To House His Family. That's An Important Part Of Building Morale In The Military.

We're Creating An Ownership Society In This Country, Where More Americans Than Ever Will Be Able To Open Up Their Door Where They Live And Say, Welcome To My House, Welcome To My Piece Of Property.

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

The Budget Caps Were Busted, Mightily So. And We Are Reviewing With People Like Judd Gregg From New Hampshire And Others Some Budgetary Reform Measures That Will Reinstate - You Know, Possibly Reinstate Budgetary Discipline. But The Caps No Longer - The Caps, I Guess They're There. But They Didn't Mean Much.

Today The Justice Department Did Issue A Blanket Alert. It Was In Recognition Of A General Threat We Received. This Is Not The First Time The Justice Department Have Acted Like This. I Hope It Is The Last. But Given The Attitude Of The Evildoers, It May Not Be.

Security Is The Essential Roadblock To Achieving The Road Map To Peace.

There's No Such Thing As Legacies. At Least, There Is A Legacy, But I'll Never See It.

Just Remember It's The Birds That's Supposed To Suffer, Not The Hunter.

That's Important When You Are Running An Organization So That The People Who Work With You Know What You Believe In And Know Those Beliefs Won't Change.

Do You Realize We've Got 250 Million Years Of Coal? But Coal Has Got Environmental Hazards To It, But There's-i'm Convinced, And I Know That We-technology Can Be Developed So We Can Have Zero-emissions Coal-fired Electricity Plants.

Having Purpose. I Had Purpose During My Presidency, And I've Got Purpose After My Presidency.

I Have Zero Desire, Just So You Know, To Be In The Limelight. I Don't Think It's Good For The Country To Have A Former President Criticize His Successor. You're Not Going To See Me Giving My Opinions In The Public Arena, Until I Start Selling My Book. I'm Going To Emerge Then Submerge.

Let's Get Rid Of All Our Subsidies Together. Let's Join Hands As Wealthy Industrialised Nations And Say To The World, We're Going To Get Rid Of All Our Agricultural Subsidies Together.

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.

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

A Dictatorship Would Be A Heck Of A Lot Easier, There's No Question About It.

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

We Must Help The Reformers Of The Middle East As They Work For Freedom, And Strive To Build A Community Of Peaceful, Democratic Nations.

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

I Have Faith, As I Did When I Announced My Stem-cell Decision In 2001, That Science And Ethics Can Coexist.

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

It Would Be Helpful If We Opened Up Anwr. I Think It's A Mistake Not To. And I Would Urge You All To Travel Up There And Take A Look At It, And You Can Make The Determination As To How Beautiful That Country Is.

In The Past We Entrusted Money To The Government Sector And The Government Sector Simply Did Not Spend The Money Wisely. And That Is Why We Need Reforms, But The Government Sector Is Not Being Reformed.

There Are Cameras Nowadays That Have Been Developed To Tell The Difference Between A Squirrel And A Bomb.

The Thing That's Wrong With The French Is That They Don't Have A Word For Entrepreneur

I May Be The Only Person, The Only Presidential Candidate Who Never Carried The State In Which He Was Born.

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I'm Also Honored To Be Here With The Speaker Of The House - Just Happens To Be From The State Of Illinois. I'd Like To Describe The Speaker As A Trustworthy Man. He's The Kind Of Fellow Who Says When He Gives You His Word He Means It. Sometimes That Doesn't Happen All The Time In The Political Process.

I'm Absolutely Confident That Everybody That's Been Put To Death Is Two Things: One, They're Guilty Of The Crime Charged, And, Secondly, They Had Full Access To Our Courts, Both State And Federal.

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

There's Not Going To Be Enough People In The System To Take Advantage Of People Like Me.

You're Free. And Freedom Is Beautiful. And, You Know, It'll Take Time To Restore Chaos And Order - Order Out Of Chaos. But We Will.

I Think If We Have A Policy Of Zero Violence, It Won't Be Met, But The Policy Of Getting The Iraqis In The Fight And Marginalizing Those Who Are Trying To Stir Up Trouble Will Be Effective.

One Of The Common Denominators I Have Found Is That Expectations Rise Above That Which Is Expected.

We Are A Caring Nation, And Our Values Should Also Guide Us On How We Harness The Gifts Of Science. New Medical Breakthroughs Bring The Hope Of Cures For Terrible Diseases And Treatments That Can Improve The Lives Of Millions. Our Challenge Is To Make Sure That Science Serves The Cause Of Humanity Instead Of The Other Way Around.

The Interesting Thing About Golf Is That The Presidency Requires Focus And Discipline, And Golf Requires Focus And Discipline. It Was A Way To Make Sure That Parts Of My Life Were Focused And Disciplined.

People Make Suggestions On What To Say All The Time... Trust Me.

This Administration Is Doing Everything We Can To End The Stalemate In An Efficient Way. We're Making The Right Decisions To Bring The Solution To An End.

It's None Of My Business What Somebody's [orientation Is]. Now When Somebody Makes It My Business, Like On Gay Marriage, I'm Going To Stand Up And Say I Don't Support Gay Marriage. I Support Marriage Between Men And Women.

We Ought To Be Using Nuclear Power. It's A Renewable Source Of Energy.

I Think It's Important To Promote A Culture Of Life. I Think A Hospitable Society Is A Society Where Every Being Counts And Every Person Matters. I Believe The Ideal World Is One In Which Every Child Is Protected In Law And Welcomed To Life. I Understand There's Great Differences On This Issue Of Abortion. But I Believe Reasonable People Can Come Together And Put Good Law In Place That Will Help Reduce The Number Of Abortions.

My Administration Will Be More Supportive Of The Good Works Done Here Than Any Administration In The History Of This Country Because I Understand The Power Of Faith, That Faith Can Change Lives.

Some Have Said We Must Not Act Until The Threat Is Imminent. Since When Have Terrorists And Tyrants Announced Their Intentions, Politely Putting Us On Notice Before They Strike?

Laura And I Really Don't Realize How Bright Our Children Is Sometimes Until We Get An Objective Analysis.

We Know That The African Regimes, Many African Regimes Have Failed Their People And Many Africans Want Regime Change, And There Are A Lot Of African Leaders Who Make Promises But Don't Carry Them Out. I Mean, The Progress - I Mean, It Is Noble For The Rich Countries To Help Africa, But Then The Question Is: What Are African Leaders Themselves Doing To Help Their Own People?

George H. W. Bush. He's Been A Classy Guy In His Post-presidency.

George H W Bush

If Someone Committed A Crime, They Will No Longer Work In My Administration.

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If You Haven't Doubted, You Probably Haven't Thought Very Hard About What You Believe.

There Is Some Who Say That Perhaps Freedom Is Not Universal. Maybe It's Only Western People That Can Self-govern. Maybe It's Only, You Know, White-guy Methodists Who Are Capable Of Self-government. I Reject That Notion.

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I Want It To Be Said That The Bush Administration Was A Results-oriented Administration, Because I Believe The Results Of Focusing Our Attention And Energy On Teaching Children To Read And Having An Education System That's Responsive To The Child And To The Parents, As Opposed To Mired In A System That Refuses To Change, Will Make America What We Want It To Be - A More Literate Country And A Hopefuller Country.

When You See A Threat, You Just Can't Hope For The Best In This Day And Age, Where Terrorists Are Capable Of Inflicting Damage On The Homeland.

Hoping For The Best

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Those Who Heralded The Decision Not To Give Law Enforcement The Tools Necessary To Protect The American People Just Simply Don't See The World The Way We Do.

Washington Is A Town Where There's All Kinds Of Allegations. You've Heard Much Of The Allegations. And If People Have Got Solid Information, Please Come Forward With It. And That Would Be People Inside The Information Who Are The So-called Anonymous Sources, Or People Outside The Information - Outside The Administration.

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

In Spite Of The Fact That At Times I Would Challenge Parents Authority. They Provided Unconditional Love.

Unconditional Love

I Teamed Up With The Pga Of America To Help Promote A Weekend Of Golf That Raises Scholarship Money For Kids Who Lost A Parent Or Whose Parent Was Severely Wounded In Combat.

I'm Uncomfortable Trying To Rush Change Of Perception, Except To The Extent That I'm Going To Write A Book.

I Understand Why People Are Discouraged About Iraq. I Can Understand That. We Live In A, You Know, World In Which People Hope Things Happen Quickly. And This Is A Situation Where Things Don't Happen Quickly Because There's, You Know, A Very Tough Group Of People Using Tactics - Mainly The Killing Of Innocent People - To Achieve Their Objective, And They're Skillful About How They Do This. And They Also Know The Impact Of What It Means On The Consciousness Of Those Of Us Who Live In The Free World. They Know That.

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

Any Government That Supports, Protects Or Harbours Terrorists Is Complicit In The Murder Of The Innocent And Equally Guilty Of Terrorist Crimes.

Kosovians Can Move Back In.

If We're An Arrogant Nation, They'll Resent Us.

The Easiest Time To Be Faithful Is During A Time Of Crisis. The Hardest Time For Faith Is When All Is Well.

Times Of Crisis

America Is A Nation Of Prayer. It's Impossible To Tell The Story Of Our Nation Without Telling The Story Of People Who Pray.

America Needs A Military Where Our Breast And Brightest Are Proud To Serve.

I Would Have Said Yes To Abortion If Only It Was Right. I Mean, Yeah It's Right. Well No It's Not Right That's Why I Said No To It.

I Am Committed To The First Amendment Principles Of Religious Freedom, Tolerance, And Diversity. Whether Mormon, Methodist, Jewish, Or Muslim, Americans Should Be Able To Participate In Their Constitutional Free Exercise Of Religion. I Do Not Think Witchcraft Is A Religion, And I Do Not Think It Is In Any Way Appropriate For The U.s. Military To Promote It.

America Is The Largest Investor In The Technologies Necessary To Be Able To Say To People, 'you Can Grow Your Economy So People's Standard Of Living Can Improve, And At The Same Time Be Good Stewards Of The Environment'.

Together, We Will Reclaim America's Schools, Before Ignorance And Apathy Claim More Young Lives.

I Frankly Felt Like The Reception We Received On The Way In From The Airport Was Very Warm And Hospitable. And I Want To Thank The Canadian People Who Came Out To Wave -- With All Five Fingers -- For Their Hospitality.

Today We Affirm A New Commitment To Live Out Our Nation's Promise Through Civility, Courage, Compassion And Character.

We've Got A Cultural Issue In America. We've Got To Change The Whole Way The Issue Is Looked At. That's The Mission. Some In The Political Process Don't Have Enough Patience For That, And I Probably Don't Either.

The Best Diplomacy Starts With Getting To Know Each Other.

Getting To Know Each Other

I Do Not Agree With This Notion That Somehow If I Go To Try To Attract Votes And To Lead People Toward A Better Tomorrow Somehow I Get Subscribed To Some-some Doctrine Gets Subscribed To Me.

Americans Understand We Fight Not A Religion; Ours Is Not A Campaign Against The Muslim Faith. Ours Is A Campaign Against Evil.

My Post-presidency Is Evolving.

We Will Export Death And Violence To The Four Corners Of The Earth In Defense Of Our Great Nation.

I Will Always Stand Firm To Protect The Sanctity Of Marriage. I Believe It Is Important To Work With People To Find Common Ground On Difficult Issues.

We Don't Want Washington Democrats Running The House Of Representatives.

Home Is Important. Its Important To Have A Home.

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 Fully Understand Some People Don't Believe It's Possible For Freedom And Democracy To Overcome This Ideology Of Hatred. I Understand That. I Just Happen To Believe It Is Possible. And I Believe It Will Happen.

If The East Timorians Decide To Revolt, Im Sure Ill Have A Statement.

This Is A War Between Good And Evil. And We Have Made It Clear To The World That We Will Stand Strong On The Side Of Good, And We Expect Other Nations To Join Us. This Is Not A War Between Our World And Their World. It Is A War To Save The World.

See, In My Line Of Work You Got To Keep Repeating Things Over And Over And Over Again For The Truth To Sink In, To Kind Of Catapult The Propaganda.

I Assured The Prime Minister, My Administration Will Work Hard To Lay The Foundation Of Peace In The Middle - To Work With Our Nations In The Middle East, Give Peace A Chance. Secondly, I Told Him That Our Nation Will Not Try To Force Peace, That We'll Facilitate Peace And That We Will Work With Those Responsible For A Peace.

I'd Also Remind People, If I Were Running For Presidency, That A Long-term Problem Facing The Budget Is Social Security And Medicare.

Suiciders Are Willing To Kill Innocent Life In Order To Send The Projection That This Is An Impossible Mission.

You've Just Got To Do What You Think Is Right, And Just Make The Decisions Based Upon Noble Causes. And A Noble Cause Is Peace And Security And Freedom.

Security And Freedom

[saddam Hussein] Could Have Easily Reconstituted A Program. He Was A Threat To Peace Before We Went In. He'd Have Been A Threat To Peace Had We Left Him In Power. Oftentimes History Judges You On The Decisions You Make.

Decisions You Make

I Talked To My Little Brother, Jeb - I Haven't Told This To Many People. But He's The Governor Of - I Shouldn't Call Him My Little Brother - My Brother, Jeb, The Great Governor Of Texas.

I Developed A Reputation As A "hothead" Because I Got In The Face Of A Lot Of Reporters And They Thought I Was Just A Hotheaded Person. What They Didn't Understand Was That I Was Motivated By Love.

When You Turn Your Heart And Your Life Over To Christ, When You Accept Christ As The Savior, It Changes Your Heart.

The Iraqi Regime Is A Threat Of Unique Urgency. [...] It Has Developed Weapons Of Mass Death.

Will You Be A Spectator Or A Citizen? To Make A Difference In This World, You Must Be Involved.

Making A Difference

I Think It's Important To Bring Somebody From Outside The System, The Judicial System, Somebody That Hasn't Been On The Bench And, Therefore, There's Not A Lot Of Opinions For People To Look At.

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.

Americans Are A Free People, Who Know That Freedom Is The Right Of Every Person And The Future Of Every Nation. The Liberty We Prize Is Not America's Gift To The World; It Is God's Gift To Humanity.

I'm Not That Worried About [my Parents] Right Now Because They Are Happy People. I'm Pleased That In Their Later Years, In Spite Of Physical Ailments, They're Upbeat.

It Would Send An Unbelievably Terrible Signal To Reformers Across The Region. It Would Say We've Abandoned Our Desire To Change The Conditions That Create Terror. It Would Give The Terrorists A Safe Haven From Which To Launch Attacks. It Would Embolden Iran. It Would Embolden Extremists. That's Why We're Not Leaving Iraq.

We Honor The Heritage Of All Who Come Here, No Matter Where They Come From, Because We Trust In Our Country's Genius For Making Us All Americans - One Nation Under God.

So Thank You For Reminding Me About The Importance Of Being A Good Mom And A Great Volunteer As Well.

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.

Well, You Know, I Think The American People Are Sacrificing Now. I Think They're Waiting In Airport Lines Longer Than They've Ever Had Before.

I Cut The Taxes On Everybody. I Didn't Cut Them. The Congress Cut Them. I Asked Them To Cut Them.

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.

I Wanted To Make Sure The Last Chapters Of My Life Were Full, And Painting, It Turns Out, Has Helped Occupy Not Only Space But Opened My Mind.

If Our Commanders On The Ground Say We Need More Troops, I Will Send Them. But Our Commanders Tell Me They Have The Number Of Troops They Need To Do Their Job. Sending More Americans Would Undermine Our Strategy Of Encouraging Iraqis To Take The Lead In This Fight. And Sending More Americans Would Suggest That We Intend To Stay Forever, When We Are, In Fact, Working For The Day When Iraq Can Defend Itself And We Can Leave.

There Are Some Who Feel Like - That The Conditions Are Such That They Can Attack Us There. My Answer Is, Bring 'em On! We've Got The Force Necessary.

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.

I Understand I'm Running Against A Person Who Is So Anxious To Become President, He Will Do Whatever It Takes.

If You Don't Succeed, You Run The Risk Of Failure.

The Bob Jones Policy On Interracial Dating, I Mean I Spoke Out On Interracial Dating. I Spoke Against That. I Spoke Out Against Interracial Dating. I Support The Policy Of Interracial Dating.

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

You Know, I Could Run For Governor But I'm Basically A Media Creation. I've Never Done Anything. I've Worked For My Dad. I Worked In The Oil Business. But That's Not The Kind Of Profile You Have To Have To Get Elected To Public Office.

Iraqis Are Sick Of Foreign People Coming In Their Country And Trying To Destabilize Their Country.

I Just Didn't Want To Get Out There Anymore; I Didn't Want To Get Back Into What I Call 'the Swamp.' And The Other Reason Why Is I Don't Think It's Good For The Presidency For A Former President To Be Opining About His Successor. President Obama's Got Plenty Of Critics - And I'm Just Not Gonna Be One.

With A New National Commitment, Our Scientists And Engineers Will Overcome Obstacles To Taking These [hydrogen Fuel Cell] Cars From Laboratory To Showroom, So That The First Car Driven By A Child Born Today Could Be Powered By Hydrogen, And Pollution-free.

If Iraq Fails To Fully Comply, The United States And Other Nations Will Disarm Saddam Hussein.

Pushing Legislation That Would Undercut Our Troops Just As We're Beginning To Make Progress In Baghdad.

I Am Mindful That We're All Sinners.

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We Favor A Strong Nonproliferation Program That Emphasizes Diplomacy, Reliance On Multilateral Regimes, Controls On Nuclear Materials, And Cooperative Nuclear Threat Reduction.

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

The Greatest Source Of America's Generosity Is Not Our Government; It's The Good Heart Of The American People.

This Is An Impressive Crowd: The Have's And Have-more's. Some People Call You The Elites. I Call You My Base.

Now The Taliban Will Pay A Price.

This Way Of Life Is Worth Defending.

We Know That Dictators Are Quick To Choose Aggression, While Free Nations Strive To Resolve Differences In Peace.

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

America Treasures The Relationship We Have With Our Many Muslim Friends, And We Respect The Vibrant Faith Of Islam Which Inspires Countless Individuals To Lead Lives Of Honesty, Integrity, And Morality. This Year, May Eid Also Be A Time In Which We Recognize The Values Of Progress, Pluralism, And Acceptance That Bind Us Together As A Nation And A Global Community. By Working Together To Advance Mutual Understanding, We Point The Way To A Brighter Future For All.

If You Find A Neighbor In Need, You're Responsible For Serving That Neighbor In Need, You're Responsible For Loving A Neighbor Just Like You'd Like To Love Yourself.

Ours Is A Nation That Does Not Seek Revenge.

What I Am Against Is Quotas. I Am Against Hard Quotas, Quotas They Basically Delineate Based Upon Whatever. However They Delineate, Quotas, I Think Vulcanize Society. So I Don't Know How That Fits Into What Everybody Else Is Saying, Their Relative Positions, But That's My Position.

What People Can't Possibly Imagine Is What It's Like To Have Two Presidents Who Have A Relationship As Father And Son.

I Dont Want To Win? If That Were The Case Why The Heck Am I On The Bus 16 Hours A Day, Shaking Thousands Of Hands, Giving Hundreds Of Speeches, Getting Pillared In The Press And Cartoons And Still Staying On Message To Win?

I'm A Uniter Not A Divider. That Means When It Comes Time To Sew Up Your Chest Cavity, We Use Stitches As Opposed To Opening It Up.

We've Had No Evidence That Saddam Hussein Was Involved With The September 11th.

Freedom, By Its Nature, Must Be Chosen, And Defended By Citizens, And Sustained By The Rule Of Law And The Protection Of Minorities. And When The Soul Of A Nation Finally Speaks, The Institutions That Arise May Reflect Customs And Traditions Very Different From Our Own. America Will Not Impose Our Own Style Of Government On The Unwilling. Our Goal Instead Is To Help Others Find Their Own Voice, Attain Their Own Freedom, And Make Their Own Way.

We See In Islam A Religion That Traces Its Origins Back To God's Call On Abraham. We Share Your Belief In God's Justice, And Your Insistence On Man's Moral Responsibility. We Thank The Many Muslim Nations Who Stand With Us Against Terror. Nations That Are Often Victims Of Terror, Themselves.

We Salute Our Veterans Of Pearl Harbor And World War Ii, Whose Sacrifices Saved Democracy During A Dark Hour. In Their Memory, A New Generation Of Our Armed Forces Goes Forward Against New Enemies In A New Era. Once Again, We Pledge To Defend Freedom, Secure Our Homeland, And Advance Peace Around The World. Americans Have Been Tested Before, And Our Nation Will Triumph Again.

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

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.

I Come From A Different Generation From My Dad.

And After September The 11th, The United States Congress Also Granted Me Additional Authority To Use Military Force Against Al Qaeda. . . .

There's Been Shock Waves Sent Throughout All Parts Of The Nation's Economic Fabric.

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 Really Don't Want To In The Press, Genuinely Don't Want To Be In The Press.

I Believe We Owe It To Our Children And Grandchildren To Stay Engaged And To Help Spread Liberty And To Help Reformers.

We Must All Hear The Universal Call To Like Your Neighbor Just Like You Like To Be Liked Yourself.

That's A Chapter - The Last Chapter - Of The 20th ... 20th ... The 21st Century That Most Of Us Would Rather Forget. The Last Chapter Of The 20th Century. This Is The First Chapter Of The 21st Century.

Faith-based Organizations Also Need A Guarantee They Will Not Be Forced To Give Up Their Right To Hire People Of Their Own Faith As The Price Of Competing For Federal Money. If We Want This Program To Be Effective And To Save Lives, People Have Got To Say Interfacing With Government Will Not Cause Me To Lose My Mission.

[islam] Inspires Countless Individuals To Lead Lives Of Honesty, Integrity, And Morality.

The Fact That He Relies On Facts - Says Things That Are Not Factual - Are Going To Undermine His Campaign.

It's Clearly A Budget. It's Got A Lot Of Numbers In It.

I Believe The Role Of Government Is To Stand Side By Side With Our Citizens To Help Them Realize Their Dreams, Not Tell Citizens How To Live Their Lives.

You Cannot Solve A Problem Unless You Diagnose The Problem.

I Do Know That It’s Important For Us To Support The Iraqi People, Who Have Shown Incredible Courage In Their Desire To Live In A Free Society. And If We Ever Give Up The Desire To Help People Who Live In Freedom, We Will Have Lost Our Soul As A Nation, As Far As I’m Concerned.

Tribal Sovereignty Means That. It's Sovereign. You're A... You're A... You've Been Given Sovereignty And You're Viewed As A Sovereign Entity.

American Indian

Israel Is Our Ally And In That We've Made A Very Strong Commitment To Support Israel, We Will Support Israel If Her Security Is Threatened.

Africa Needs Help, No Question About That But I'd Rather Prefer That The Money Is Channeled. That's What I Call Smart Aid; It's Channeled Through African Civil Society Groups. These Are The Groups Which Can Be Held More Accountable. These Are The Groups Which Will Sort Of Monitor How The Aid Money Is Spent.

Information Is Moving - You Know, Nightly News Is One Way, Of Course, But It's Also Moving Through The Blogosphere And Through The Internets.

On All Vital Measures, Measures Necessary To Protect You, The Democrats In Washington Follow A Simple Philosophy: Just Say No.

Please Don't Kill Me!

Democracy Will Be Transformative. It Will Help Other Societies Realize The Benefits Of Freedom. Nothing's As Big As That, In Terms Of Peace.

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

It's Really Important For Our Troops To Understand Our Country Supports Them.

When We Make A Pledge, We Mean It. We Keep Our Word, And What We Begin, We Will Finish.

When It Comes Time To Protecting The Homeland, The United States Of America Must Be Right 100 Percent Of The Time. And The Enemy, Which Desires To Strike Us Again, Only Has To Be Right Once.

What Ends Up Happening Is People Form Images And The Image They Form Is, In Some Ways, What They Want It To Be. The Idea Of Trying To Correct The Image Is Something I'm Not Interested In Doing.

First, Let Me Make It Very Clear, Poor People Aren't Necessarily Killers. Just Because You Happen To Be Not Rich Doesn't Mean You're Willing To Kill.

Initiative And Referendum Make Government More Responsive To Its Citizens, Neutralize The Power Of The Special Interests And Stimulate Public Involvement In State Issues.

The Geneva Convention . . . Says That There Will Be No Outrages Upon Human Dignity. It’s Very Vague. What Does That Mean, ‘outrages Upon Human Dignity’?

I Do Not Think Witchcraft Is A Religion, And I Do Not Think It Is In Any Way Appropriate For The Us Military To Promote It.

I Served. And Now It's Time For The New Man To Serve. I Have Zero Desire To Be In The Limelight.

I Know It's Going To Be The Private Sector That Leads This Country Out Of The Current Economic Times We're In. You Can Spend Your Money Better Than The Government Can Spend Your Money.

There's No Bigger Task Than Protecting The Homeland Of Our Country.

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.

There Is No Telling How Many Wars It Will Take To Secure Freedom In The Homeland.

Amigo! Amigo!" (calling Out To The Itallian Prime Minister....)

[strong Marriage] Starts With Being Married To A Remarkable Person. And I Am. I Jokingly Say That I Stood Up In Front Of A Crowd Once And Said, "laura's The Greatest First Lady Ever," And Then Realized My Mother Was In The Audience.

Compassionate Conservatism [is] Most Importantly, Making Sure That Government Is Not The Answer To People's Problems.

Outwit, Outlast, Outplay. It's The Tagline For The Television Show Survivor And It's Damn Near What Presidenting Is Like, Too.

I Am Honored To Have Served. I'm Glad I Ran. It Is A Huge Honor To Be Able To Be A Two-term President. It Was Really A Great Experience. I'm Fortunate To Have Been Able To Serve. And I Think That's Enough.

I've Set A Clear Doctrine: America Makes No Distinction Between The Terrorists And The Countries That Harbor Them. If You Harbor A Terrorist, You're Just As Guilty As The Terrorists, And You're An Enemy Of The United States Of America.

I Understand How Democracy Works. Quite A Little Bit Of Criticism In It, Which Is Fine. That's Fine. That's Part Of The Process. But I Have Every Right, As Do My Administration, To Make It Clear What The Consequences Would Be Of Policy. And If We Think Somebody Is Strong Or Doesn't See The World The Way It Is, We'll Continue To Point That Out To People.

This Crusade, This War On Terrorism Is Going To Take A While.

Iraq Is No Diversion. It Is A Place Where Civilization Is Taking A Decisive Stand Against Chaos And Terror, We Must Not Waver.

....it Is Better To Succeed With Success Than Failure.

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