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We Cannot Step Aside And Say That We Have Achieved Our Goal By Inventing A New Drug Or A New Way By Which To Treat Presently Incurable Diseases, A New Way To Help Those Who Suffer From Malnutrition, Or The Creation Of Ideal Balanced Diets On A Worldwide Scale. We Cannot Rest Till The Way Has Been Found, With Our Help, To Bring Our Finest Achievement To Everyone.

-George W. Bush

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We Cannot Step Aside

George W. Bush

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We Cannot Step Aside And Say That We Have Achieved Our Goal By Inventing A New Drug Or A New Way By Which To Treat Presently Incurable Diseases, A New Way To Help Those Who Suffer From Malnutrition, Or The Creation Of Ideal Balanced Diets On A Worldwide Scale. We Cannot Rest Till The Way Has Been Found, With Our Help, To Bring Our Finest Achievement To Everyone.

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Dangerous World

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So On Behalf Of A Well-oiled Unit Of People Who Came Together To Serve Something Greater Than Themselves, Congratulations.

Congratulations

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

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Failure Is Not An Option

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

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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.

We May Discover Resources On The Moon Or Mars That Will Boggle The Imagination, That Will Test Our Limits To Dream. And The Fascination Generated By Further Exploration Will Inspire Our Young People To Study Math, And Science, And Engineering And Create A New Generation Of Innovators And Pioneers.

The Tyrant Has Fallen, And Iraq Is Free.

Grief And Tragedy And Hatred Are Only For A Time. Goodness, Remembrance And Love Have No End, And The Lord Of Life Holds All Who Die And All Who Mourn.

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There's An Old Saying In Tennessee — I Know It's In Texas, Probably In Tennessee — That Says, Fool Me Once, Shame On — Shame On You. Fool Me — You Can't Get Fooled Again.

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I'm Sure Something Will Pop Into My Head Here In The Midst Of This Press Conference, With All The Pressure Of Trying To Come Up With An Answer, But It Hadn't Yet.

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

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God Speaks Through Me.

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

I Confirmed To The Prime Minister That We Appreciate Our Friendship.

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.

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

Over My Tenure As Governor, I Have Come Not Only To Respect The Political Muscle Of The Federation; I've Come To Respect The Brains. All Of Us Depend On Your Efforts And Energies.

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

We Have To Find The Origin Of The Problem. The Origin Of The Problem In Many African Countries Is That You've Got State Bureaucracies Which Are Too Bloated.

We Have Now Reached A Turning Point In The Struggle Between Freedom And Terror.

You Subscribe Politics To It. I Subscribe Freedom To It.

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War Crimes Will Be Prosecuted. War Criminals Will Be Punished. And It Will Be No Defense To Say, 'i Was Just Following Orders.'

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.

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

I Got A Lot Of Ph.d.-types And Smart People Around Me Who Come Into The Oval Office And Say, 'mr. President, Here's What's On My Mind.' And I Listen Carefully To Their Advice. But Having Gathered The Device, I Decide, You Know, I Say, 'this Is What We're Going To Do.'

Prayer Has Comforted Us In Sorrow And Will Help Strengthen Us For The Journey Ahead.

Everything Happens For A Reason

Governor Bush Will Not Stand For The Subsidation Of Failure.

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I Want To Help People Help Themselves, Not Have Government Tell People What To Do. I Just Don't Think It's The Role Of The United States To Walk Into A Country And Say, We Do It This Way, So Should You.

Running For Governor Of Texas Against A Very Popular Governor [incumbent Ann Richards] Was Deemed To Be Risky. Everybody Thought I Would Lose. As I Put In My Book, My Mother Said, "you're Going To Lose!"

We Are A People United By Our Love For Freedom, Even When We Differ In Our Personal Beliefs. In America, We Are Free To Profess Any Faith We Choose, Or No Faith At All.

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.

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

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

I Said You Were A Man Of Peace. I Want You To Know I Took Immense Crap For That.

Free People Will Set The Course Of History.

These Demands Are Not Open To Negotiation Or Discussion.

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