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Today The Iraqi And Afghan People Are On The Path To Democracy And Freedom. The Governments That Are Rising Will Pose No Threat To Others. Instead Of Harboring Terrorists, They're Fighting Terrorist Groups. And This Progress Is Good For The Long-term Security Of All Of Us.

-George W. Bush

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Today The Iraqi And Afghan People Are On The Path To Democracy And Freedom. The Governments That Are Rising Will Pose No Threat To Others. Instead Of Harboring Terrorists, They're Fighting Terrorist Groups. And This Progress Is Good For The Long-term Security Of All Of Us.

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You Know, I Guess I'm Like Any Other Political Figure: Everybody Wants To Be Loved.

I Take Personal Responsibility For Everything I Say.

Personal Responsibility

He Has Certainly Earned A Reputation As A Fantastic Mayor, Because The Results Speak For Themselves. I Mean, New York's A Safer Place For Him To Be.

And The Cornerstone Of My Economic Policies, When I First Got Elected, Was Cutting Taxes On Everybody On Who Paid Taxes.

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

I'm Telling America We Need To Not Discriminate Against Faith-based Programs. We Need To Welcome Them So Our Society Is More Wholesome, More Welcoming, And More Hopeful For Every Single Citizen.

My Point Is That She's [laura Bush] Busy And I'm Busy, Which Makes Our Marriage Not Only Interesting But Exciting.

What's Very Interesting About The Violence In Lebanon And The Violence In Iraq And The Violence In Gaza Is This: These Are All Groups Of Terrorists Who Are Trying To Stop The Advance Of Democracy. They're Trying To Thwart The Will Of Millions Who Simply Want A Normal, Hopeful Life. That's What We're Seeing.

Some Of The Comments That Have Been Uttered About Islam Do Not Reflect The Sentiments Of My Government Or The Sentiments Of Most Americans. Islam, As Practiced By The Vast Majority Of People, Is A Peaceful Religion, A Religion That Respects Others. Ours Is A Country Based Upon Tolerance And We Welcome People Of All Faiths In America.

I Told You I'm Not Going To Criticize My Successor. I'll Just Tell You That There Are People At Gitmo That Will Kill American People At A Drop Of A Hat And I Don't Believe That Persuasion Isn't Going To Work. Therapy Isn't Going To Cause Terrorists To Change Their Mind.

I Would Like To Be Remembered As A Guy Who Had A Set Of Priorities, And Was Willing To Live By Those Priorities. In Terms Of Accomplishments, My Biggest Accomplishment Is That I Kept The Country Safe Amidst A Real Danger.

And As A Result Of The United States Military, Taliban No Longer Is In Existence.

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.

Tony Blair Made Decisions On What He Thought Was Best For The People Of Great Britain, And I Made Decisions On What I Thought Was Best For Americans. And I Really Don't View Our Relationship As One Of Quid Pro Quo. I View Our Relationship As One Of Strong Allies And Friends Working Together For The Common Good.

If Most Of The Breaks Go To Wealthy People It's Because Most Of The People Who Pay Taxes Are Wealthy.

No One Wants To Be A Polarizer, But On The Other Hand, If You Think You're Doing Right And You Believe The Decisions You Make Will Lead To A Better Tomorrow, Then They're Worthy Of Defense.

Markets Are The Best Way To Allocate Resources.

I'm Not A Textbook Player. I'm A Gut Player.

Nobody's Ever Suggested That The Attacks Of September The 11th Were Ordered By Iraq. I Have Suggested, However, That Resentment And The Lack Of Hope Create The Breeding Grounds For Terrorists Who Are Willing To Use Suiciders To Kill, To Achieve An Objective. I Have Made That Case.

A Failed Iraq Would Make America Less Secure.

I Believe In Grace Because I've Seen It And Peace Because I've Felt It And Forgiveness Because I've Needed It.

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

It's Amazing I Won. I Was Running Against Peace, Prosperity, And Incumbency.

The Terrorists Know That The Outcome Will Leave Them Emboldened Or Defeated. So They Are Waging A Campaign Of Murder And Destruction. And There Is No Limit To The Innocent Lives They Are Willing To Take.

For Me, I Learned From My Father That When It's Over, It's Over.

I Expect You To Work Hard On Our Agenda.

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.

America Will Not Pretend That Jailed Dissidents Prefer Their Chains, Or That Women Welcome Humiliation And Servitude, Or That Any Human Being Aspires To Live At The Mercy Of Bullies.... ...liberty Will Come To Those Who Love It.

When A Drug Comes In From Canada, I Wanna Make Sure It Cures Ya, Not Kill Ya... I've Got An Obligation To Make Sure Our Government Does Everything We Can To Protect You. And One - My Worry Is That It Looks Like It's From Canada, And It Might Be From A Third World.

I Understand Religion Is A Walk, It's A Journey. And I Fully Recognize That I'm A Sinner, Just Like You.

We Must Show New Energy In Fighting Back An Old Evil. Nearly Two Centuries After The Abolition Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade, And More Than A Century After Slavery Was Officially Ended In Its Last Strongholds, The Trade In Human Beings For Any Purpose Must Not Be Allowed To Thrive In Our Time.

In Africa, You Only Have An Independent Media In Only Eight African Countries, So There Is Very Little Transparency. The Best Gift That Rich Countries Can Give Africa Is Radio Free Africa And Radio Free Africa Will Do For Africa What Radio Free Europe Did For Europe.

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.

It's Going To Be The Year Of The Sharp Elbow And The Quick Tongue.

We Want Our Teachers To Be Trained So They Can Meet The Obligations, Their Obligations As Teachers. We Want Them To Know How To Teach The Science Of Reading. In Order To Make Sure There's Not This Kind Of Federal-federal Cufflink.

I've Got A Reason For Running. I Talk About A Larger Goal, Which Is To Call Upon The Best Of America. It's Part Of The Renewal. It's Reform And Renewal. Part Of The Renewal Is A Set Of High Standards And To Remind People That The Greatness Of America Really Does Depend On Neighbors Helping Neighbors And Children Finding Mentors. I Worry. I'm Very Worried About, You Know, The Kid Who Just Wonders Whether America Is Meant For Him. I Really Worry About That.

America Will Never Seek A Permission Slip To Defend The Security Of Our People.

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Of Course We're After Iraq.. Eh.. Saddam Hussein.. I Mean Bin Laden.

Faith Is The Framework For Living. It Gives Us The Spirit And Heart That Affects Everything We Do. If Gives Us Hope Each Day. Faith Gives Us Purpose To Right Wrongs, To Preserve Our Families, And To Teach Our Children Values. Faith Gives Us Conscience To Keep Us Honest, Even When Nobody Is Looking. And, Faith Can Change Lives; I Know First Hand, Because Faith Changed Mine.

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.

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Painful Experiences

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Concern For Others

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[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.

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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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I Feel A Special Kinship For Our Military. Because, Unfortunately, I Became A Wartime President. And Committed Our Military In The Defense Of Our Country To Difficult Assignments. I Tell People All The Time, I Don't Miss Much About Being President; I Do Miss Looking In The Eyes Of People Who Volunteered To Serve. And So Not Only Do I Feel A Kinship, I Feel An Obligation And A Duty To Help.

There Are Some Monuments Where The Land Is So Widespread, They Just Encompass As Much As Possible. And The Integral Part Of The - The Precious Part, So To Speak - I Guess All Land Is Precious, But The Part That The People Uniformly Would Not Want To Spoil, Will Not Be Despoiled. But There Are Parts Of The Monument Lands Where We Can Explore Without Affecting The Overall Environment.

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.

Our Two Nations Both Faced Great Challenges When They Were Founded, And Our Two Nations Have Both Relied On The Same Principles To Help Us Succeed. We've Built Strong Democracies To Protect The Freedoms Given To Us By An Almighty God. We've Welcomed Immigrants, Who Have Helped Us Thrive. We've Built Prosperous Economies By Rewarding Innovation And Risk-taking And Trade. And We've Built An Enduring Alliance To Confront Terrorists And Tyrants.

Well, It's An Unimaginable Honor To Be The President During The Fourth Of July Of This Country. It Means What These Words Say, For Starters. The Great Inalienable Rights Of Our Country. We're Blessed With Such Values In America. And I - It's - I'm A Proud Man To Be The Nation Based Upon Such Wonderful Values.

There's A Lot Of People In The World Who Don't Believe That People Whose Skin Color May Not Be The Same As Ours Can Be Free And Self-govern. I Reject That. I Reject That Strongly. I Believe That People Who Practice The Muslim Faith Can Self-govern. I Believe That People Whose Skins Aren't Necessarily - Are A Different Color Than White Can Self-govern.

I'm Going To Spend A Lot Of Time On Social Security. I Enjoy It. I Enjoy Taking On The Issue. I Guess, It's The Mother In Me.

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Terrorists Like Bin Laden Are Serious About Mass Murder - And All Of Us Must Take Their Declared Intentions Seriously. They Seek To Impose A Heartless System Of Totalitarian Control Throughout The Middle East, And Arm Themselves With Weapons Of Mass Murder. . . . Their Aim Is To Seize Power In Iraq, And Use It As A Safe Haven To Launch Attacks Against America And The World.

Our Founding Fathers Understood That Our Country Would Survive And Flourish If Our Nation Was Committed To Good Character And An Unyielding Dedication To Liberty And Justice For All.

Presidents, Whether Things Are Good Or Bad, Get The Blame. I Understand That.

Intelligence Gathered By This And Other Governments Leaves No Doubt That The Iraq Regime Continues To Possess And Conceal Some Of The Most Lethal Weapons Ever Devised.

Mass Destruction

If You Don't Stand For Anything, You Don't Stand For Anything!

Hundreds Of Thousands Of American Servicemen And Women Are Deployed Across The World In The War On Terror. By Bringing Hope To The Oppressed, And Delivering Justice To The Violent, They Are Making America More Secure.

Tyrants And Dictators Will Accept No Other Gods Before Them. They Require Disobedience To The First Commandment. They Seek Absolute Control And Are Threatened By Faith In God. They Fear Only The Power They Cannot Possess - The Power Of Truth. So They Resent The Living Example Of The Devout, Especially The Devotion Of A Unique People Chosen By God.

Torture Continues To Be Practiced Around The World By Rogue Regimes Whose Cruel Methods Match Their Determination To Crush The Human Spirit.

What Matters Is That In This Iraq Campaign That We Clarify The Different Points Of View. And There Are A Lot Of People In The Democratic Party Who Believe That The Best Course Of Action Is To Leave Iraq Before The Job Is Done. Period. And They're Wrong. And The American People Have Got To Understand The Consequence Of Leaving Iraq Before The Job Is Done. We're Not Going To Leave Iraq Before The Job Is Done And We'll Complete The Mission In Iraq.

Redefining The Role Of The United States From Enablers To Keep The Peace To Enablers To Keep The Peace From Peacekeepers Is Going To Be An Assignment.

The Challenge In Iraq Is To Provide A Security Plan Such That A Political Process Can Go Forward. I'm Sure You All Are Tired Of Hearing Me Say 12 Million Iraqi Voted. But It's An Indication About The Desire For People To Live In A Free Society. That's What That Means. The Only Way To Defeat Al Qaida Ideology In The Long Term Is To Defeat It Through Another Ideology, A Competing Ideology, One That - Where Government Responds To The Will Of The People.

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.

They Said, "you Know, This Issue Doesn't Seem To Resignate With The People." And I Said, You Know Something? Whether It Resignates Or Not Doesn't Matter To Me, Because I Stand For Doing What's The Right Thing, And What The Right Thing Is Hearing The Voices Of People Who Work.

I Am A Passionate Person When It Comes To Freedom.

During My Senior Year I Joined Skull And Bones, A Secret Society, So Secret I Can't Say Anything More.

After The Chaos And Carnage Of September 11th, It Is Not Enough To Serve Our Enemies With Legal Papers.

By Computerizing Health Records, We Can Avoid Dangerous Medical Mistakes, Reduce Costs, And Improve Care

My Administration Has Been Calling Upon All The Leaders In The - In The Middle East To Do Everything They Can To Stop The Violence, To Tell The Different Parties Involved That Peace Will Never Happen.

One Of My Concerns Is That The Health Care Not Be As Good As It Can Possibly Be.

I Believe We're Making Really Good Progress In Iraq.

Listen, I Know Of Nobody -- I Don't Know Of Anybody In My Administration Who Leaked Classified Information. If Somebody Did Leak Classified Information, I'd Like To Know It, And We'll Take The Appropriate Action. And This Investigation Is A Good Thing.

These Aren't Joyous Times When We Have War In Iraq. These Are Challenging Times, And They're Difficult Times, And They're Straining The Psyche Of Our Country. I Understand That.

We`ll Fight Terrorists In Iraq, We'll Fight Them Across The World, And We Will Stay In The Fight Until The Fight Is Won.

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

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.

One Of The Biggest Sacrifices In Running For President, If There Is One, Is The Loss Of Anonymity.

This Storm Is Dangerous

May He Guide Us Now. And May God Continue To Bless The United States Of America.

I Knew It Might Put Him In An Awkward Position That We Had A Discussion Before Finality Has Finally Happened In This Presidential Race.

...the Role Of The Military Is To Fight And Win War And, Therefore, Prevent War From Happening In The First Place.

Like You, I Have Been Disgraced About What I've Seen On Tv That Took Place In Prison.

The Business Pages Of American Newspapers Should Not Read Like A Scandal Sheet.

Golf Teaches You Honesty. It Teaches You Discipline. It Gives You A Strong Appreciation Of Nature. And Personal Responsibility, Something That Lacks In Our Society At Times. I Mean, It's Only Your Fault, You Can't Blame Anyone Else When You Shank It. Or Pick The Wrong Club.

First Of All, I - Right After September The 11th, I Knew We Were Fighting A Different Kind Of War. . . . And The People Responsible For Helping Us Protect And Defend Came Forth With The Current Program, Because It Enables Us To Move Faster And Quicker. And That's Important. We've Got To Be Fast On Our Feet, Quick To Detect And Prevent. . . .

The Strategic Objective Is To Help Iraq Government Succeed.that's The Strategic And Not Only To Help The Government The Reformers In Iraq Succeed, But To Help The Reformers Across The Region Succeed To Fight Off The Elements Of Extremism.

It Is White. - When Asked What The White House Was Like By A Student In East London

Keep Good Relations With The Grecians.

The Best Way To Defeat An Ideology Is With A Better Ideology. And I Believe Democracy Is A Better Ideology.

It's Not The Governor’s Role To Decide Who Goes To Heaven. That’s God’s Role.

I'm Forever A Former President And I Understand That, But At This Point In My Post-presidency, I Don't Want To Be Involved With Politics.

The Threat From Iran Is, Of Course, Their Stated Objective To Destroy Our Strong Ally Israel. That's A Threat, A Serious Threat. It's A Threat To World Peace; It's A Threat, In Essence, To A Strong Alliance. I Made It Clear, I'll Make It Clear Again, That We Will Use Military Might To Protect Our Ally, Israel.

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.

I Began My First Cabinet Meeting Since The Terrorist Attacks. As I Stepped Into The Room, The Team Broke Out In Sustained Applause. I Was Surprised, And I Choked Up At Their Heartfelt Support. The Tears Flowed For The Second Time In Two Days.

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

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.

Those Who Enter The Country Illegally Violate The Law.

I Promise You I Will Listen To What Has Been Said Here, Even Though I Wasn't Here.

The Will Of The United States Can Be Shaken By Suiciders And Suiciders Who Are Willing To Drive Up To A Red Cross Center, A Center Of International Help And Aid And Comfort, And Just Kill. [...] The Strategy Remains The Same. The Tactics To Respond To More Suiciders Driving Cars Will Alter On The Ground.

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

For Most Of The World, There's No Greater Symbol Of America Than The Statue Of Liberty. It Has Been An Inspiration To Generations Of Immigrants. One Of These Immigrants Was A Poet-writer Named Ameen Rihani. Gazing At Her Lamp Held High, He Wondered Whether Her Sister Might Be Erected In The Lands Of His Arab Forefathers. Here Is How He Put It: "when Will You Turn Your Face Toward The East, Oh Liberty?"

More Than Two Decades Later, It Is Hard To Imagine The Revolutionary War Coming Out Any Other Way.

On 9-11, We Discovered That We Cannot Escape From The World. To Me Personally, This Was A Life-changing Experience, And I Realized, As Did All Americans, In A Way That Is Impossible To Describe, That We Were Not Protected By The Two Oceans. It Was Necessary To Eliminate Threats Before They Showed Up On Our Doorstep. I Agree That We Should Not Be Getting Caught Up In Far Away Wars. But I Believe Iraq Was Central To Our War On Terrorism.

Never Paint Your Wife Or Your Mother.

Terrorists And Their Allies Believe The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights And The American Bill Of Rights And Every Charter Of Liberty Ever Written Are Lies To Be Burned And Destroyed And Forgotten.

I Can't Imagine What It Would Be To Be President When The United States At War With Yourself. People Killing Each Other Here In America On A Massive Basis. Just Can't Imagine What It Would Be.

If You Read With Empathy What Lincoln Went Through, Then You Realize What You're Going Through Is Nothing Compared To What He Went Through.

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.

One Of The Most Meaningful Things That's Happened To Me Since I've Been The Governor - The President - Governor - President. Oops. Ex-governor. I Went To Bethesda Naval Hospital To Give A Fellow A Purple Heart, And At The Same Moment I Watched Him-get A Purple Heart For Action In Iraq - And At That Same - Right After I Gave Him The Purple Heart, He Was Sworn In As A Citizen Of The United States - A Mexican Citizen, Now A United States Citizen.

We Must Have The Attitude That Every Child In America - Regardless Of Where They're Raised Or How They're Born - Can Learn.

I Have Something Else To Ask You, To Ask Every American. I Ask You To Pray For This Great Nation.

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.

And I Am An Optimistic Person. I Guess If You Want To Try To Find Something To Be Pessimistic About, You Can Find It, No Matter How Hard You Look, You Know?

We Are Seeing Some Challenges And Some Changes In American Business, American Enterprise, But The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Is A Reminder Of Things That Must Never Change: The Passion For Excellence, The Drive To Innovate, The Hard Work That Goes With Any Successful Enterprise.

[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

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?

This Is A Very Difficult Assignment For The United States, To Hang In There And Help This Young Democracy Survive.

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.

Iraq Is A Very Important Part Of Securing The Homeland, And Its A Very Important Part Of Helping Change The Middle East Into A Part Of The World That Will Not Serve As A Threat To The Civilized World, To People Like - Or To The Developed World, To People Like - In The United States.

I Wish I Wasn't The War President. Who In The Heck Wants To Be A War President? I Don't.

A Failed Iraq In The Heart Of The Middle East Will Provide Safe Haven For Terrorists And Extremists. It Will Embolden Those Who Are Trying To Thwart The Ambitions Of Reformers.

There's Not As Much Money In Washington As They're Used To Be!

Science Is Important, But So Is Ethics, So Is Balancing Life. To Destroy Life To Save Life - It's One Of The Real Ethical Dilemmas That We Face.

I Don't Mind Comments Saying Things About Me. I Do Mind Them Saying Things About Those Young, Brave Men And Women Who Have Volunteered. That's Offensive To Me That People Would Say Those Kind Of Comments About Americans Who Have Volunteered To Take The Fight To The Enemy.

I've Been In Politics Long Enough To Know That Polls Just Go Poof At Times.

The Peaceful Transfer Of Authority Is Rare In History, Yet Common In Our Country. With A Simple Oath, We Affirm Old Traditions And Make New Beginnings.

The Momentum Of Freedom In Our World Is Unmistakable - And It Is Not Carried Forward By Our Power Alone. We Can Trust In That Greater Power Who Guides The Unfolding Of The Years. And In All That Is To Come, We Can Know That His Purposes Are Just And True.

I Rest Their Case. I'm Pro-life.

For A Century And A Half Now, America And Japan Have Formed One Of The Great And Enduring Alliances Of Modern Times.

We Can't Impose Freedom, But We Can Eliminate Roadblocks To Freedom, And To Allow Free Societies To Develop.

The Question Is: How Do We Succeed In Iraq? And You Don't Succeed By Leaving Before The Mission Is Complete, Like Some In This Political Process Are Suggesting.

The Law I Sign Today Directs New Funds And New Focus To The Task Of Collecting Vital Intelligence On Terrorist Threats And On Weapons Of Mass Production.

It Is Not Reaganesque To Support A Tax Plan That Is Clinton In Nature.

You Never Know What Your History Is Going To Be Like Until Long After You're Gone.

Theres A Lot Of Blowhards In The Political Process, You Know, A Lot Of Hot-air Artists, People Who Have Got Something Fancy To Say.

The Fingers And Toes And Beating Hearts That We Can See On An Unborn Child's Ultrasound Come With Something That We Cannot See: A Soul

In The Long Run, Stability Cannot Be Purchased At The Expense Of Liberty.

The Fundamental Question Facing Iraq Government Is Whether Or Not We Will Stand With Reformers Across The Region. It's Really The Task. And We're Going To Stand With This Government.

The Agenda Of The Roadblock Is The Philosophy Of The Stop Sign.

It Is Time To Set Aside The Old Partisan Bickering And Finger-pointing And Name-calling That Comes From Freeing Parents To Make Different Choices For Their Children.

Children And Unborn Children Should Be Protected By Law And Welcomed Into Life.

I Think We Need Not Only To Eliminate The Tollbooth To The Middle Class, I Think We Should Knock Down The Tollbooth.

Ours Is A War Not Against A Religion, Not Against The Muslim Faith. But Ours Is A War Against Individuals Who Absolutely Hate What America Stands For, And Hate The Freedom Of The Czech Republic. And Therefore, We Must Work Together To Defend Ourselves. And By Remaining Strong And United And Tough, We'll Prevail.

The War In Iraq Is A Rare Opportunity To Move Toward An Historic Period Of Cooperation. Out Of These Troubled Times A New World Order Can Emerge.

Can't Living With The Bill Means It Won't Become Law.

Democrats Don't Want You To Know What Their Tax Plans Are. They Just Don't Want You To Know.

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.

If The Iraqi Regime Is Able To Produce, Buy Or Steal An Amount Of Highly Enriched Uranium A Little Larger Than A Single Softball, [it] Could Have A Nuclear Weapon In Less Than A Year.

This Will Not Be A Campaign Of Half Measures, And We Will Accept No Outcome Except Victory.

I Believe That Freedom Is A Gift From An Almighty To Every Man, Woman, And Child; That Is A Principle That Was Important To Me During My Presidency And I Think It's An Important Principle.

I Vowed To Our Countrymen That I Would Do Everything I Could To Protect The American People... That's Why I Said To Afghanistan: If You Harbor A Terrorist, You're Just As Guilty As The Terrorist.

Drug Therapies Are Replacing A Lot Of Medicine As We Used To Know It.

If Affirmative Action Means What I Just Described, What I'm For, Then I'm For It.

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

I Will Always Believe Our Nation's Best Days Lie Ahead.

People Who Plan Their Life When They're 18 Years Old And Say, "this Is My Life Plan," Would Generally Be Surprised And Maybe Disappointed.

I Think I'm The Only President Other Than John Kennedy Who Had Both Parents Alive During The Presidency.

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.

The Ambassador And The General Were Briefing Me On The....the Vast Majority Of Iraqis Want To Live In A Peaceful, Free World. And We Will Find These People And We Will Bring Them To Justice.

The Stakes Are Geopolitical In Nature And I Believe That Democracies Are - People Want To Live In Free Societies, Democracies Are The Best Way To Do That, And That If People See Democracies In The Neighborhood, They'll Demand The Same Thing.

We Passed Law That Encouraged Consumption Through Different Purchasing Habits Like, You Know, Hybrid Vehicles. You Buy Hybrid, You Get A Tax Credit. We've Encouraged The Spread Of Ethanol As An Alternative To Crude Oil. We Have Asked For Congress To Pass Regulatory Relief So We Can Build More Refineries To Increase The Supply Of Gasoline, Hopefully Taking The Pressure Off Of Price. And So The Strategy Is To Recognize That Dependency Upon Crude Oil, In A Global Market, Affects Us Economically Here At Home. And, Therefore, We Need To Diversify Away As Quickly As Possible.

Ronald Reagan Was A Great Role Model For Respublicans Party, And I Think For Most People. But He Was A Fellow That The American Public Just Intuitively Loved So Much, That He Could Always Get Credit.

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.

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

Men Are Like Bank Accounts. Without A Lot Of Money They Don't Generate A Lot Of Interest.

The North Korean Regime Remains One Of The World's Leading Proliferator Of Missile Technology, Including Transfers To Iran And Syria. The Transfer Of Nuclear Weapons Or Material By North Korea To States Or Non-state Entities Would Be Considered A Grave Threat To The United States, And We Would Hold North Korea Fully Accountable Of The Consequences Of Such Action.

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

If We're An Arrogant Nation, They'll Resent Us; If We're A Humble Nation, But Strong, They'll Welcome Us. And Our Nation Stands Alone Right Now In The World In Terms Of Power, And That's Why We've Got To Be Humble, And Yet Project Strength In A Way That Promotes Freedom.

So Many People Commute In This Country By Car Long Enough Distances To Really Cut Into Their Income, Their Real Income, That They Would Change Their Vote Based On Gas Prices.

Government Should Do A Few Things, And Do Them Right

We Will Build New Ships To Carry Man Forward Into The Universe, To Gain A New Foothold On The Moon And To Prepare For New Journeys To The Worlds Beyond Our Own.

I'm Playing Golf. I Ride My Mountain Bike. A Lot. I Think It's Very Important For Me And Other People My Age To Continue To Exercise.

It's Kind Of The Washington, D.c., Chattering Class. They Kind Of Talk Amongst Themselves.

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