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There Ought To Be Limits To Freedom. We're Aware Of The Site, And This Guy Is Just A Garbage Man.

I Suspect That Had My Dad Not Been President, He'd Be Asking The Same Questions: How'd Your Meeting Go With So-and-so? . How Did You Feel When You Stood Up In Front Of The People For The State Of The Union Address-state Of The Budget Address, Whatever You Call It.

In Recent Weeks We Learned That Scientists Have Created Human Embryos In Test Tubes Solely To Experiment On Them. This Is Deeply Troubling, And A Warning Sign That Should Prompt All Of Us To Think Through These Issues Very Carefully.

I'm Joyful In My Religious Belief.

There Are Jobs Americans Arent Doing. ... If Youve Got A Chicken Factory, A Chicken-plucking Factory, Or Whatever You Call Them, You Know What Im Talking About.

I Have A Different Vision Of Leadership. A Leadership Is Someone Who Brings People Together.

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

I'm Mindful In A Free Society That People Can Worship If They Want To Or Not. You're Equally An American If You Choose To Worship An Almighty And If You Choose Not To.

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

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

And This Is An Administration - We're Not Into Nation-building, We're Focused On Justice. And We're Going To Get Justice. It's Going To Take A While, Probably. But I'm A Patient Man. Nothing Will Diminish My Will And My Determination - Nothing.

The Rich Hire Lawyers And Accountants For A Reason - To Pass The Tax Bill On To You.

There's Adam Clymer, Major League Asshole From The New York Times.

I Think It Is A Worthy Goal In America To Have Every Child Protected By Law And Welcomed In Life. I Also Think We Ought To Continue To Have Good Adoption Law As An Alternative To Abortion.

If I Were A Candidate For Running, I'd Say, "look At What The Economy Has Done." It's Strong. We've Created A Lot Of Jobs. I'd Be Telling People That The Democrats Will Raise Your Taxes. I'd Be Reminding People That Tax Cuts Have Worked In Terms Of Stimulating The Economy. I'd Be Reminding People There's A Philosophical Difference Between Those Who Want To Raise Taxes And Have The Government Spend The Money, And Those Of Us Who Say, "you Get To Spend The Money The Way You Want To See Fit. It's Your Money."

Year After Year In Washington, Budget Debates Seem To Come Down To An Old, Tired Argument: On One Side, Those Who Want More Government, Regardless Of The Cost; On The Other, Those Who Want Less Government, Regardless Of The Need....government Has A Role, And An Important Role. Yet, Too Much Government Crowds Out Initiative And Hard Work, Private Charity And The Private Economy....government Should Be Active, But Limited; Engaged, But Not Overbearing.

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

One Has A Stronger Hand When There's More People Playing Your Same Cards.

Islam Is A Faith That Brings Comfort To People. It Inspires Them To Lead Lives Based On Honesty, And Justice, And Compassion.

In Time, Perhaps, We Will Mark The Memory Of September 11th In Stone And Metal, Something We Can Show Children, As Yet Unborn, To Help Them Understand What Happened On This Minute And On This Day. But For Those Of Us Who Lived Through These Events, The Only Marker We’ll Ever Need Is The Tick Of A Clock At The 46th Minute Of The Eighth Hour Of The 11th Day.

Faith Gives The Assurance That Our Lives And Our History Have A Moral Design.

We've Got A Lot Of Relations With Countries In Our Neighborhood.

No President Has Ever Done More For Human Rights Than I Have.

I Couldn't Imagine Somebody Like Osama Bin Laden Understanding The Joy Of Chanukah.

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.

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'.

Wall Street Got Drunk And Now It's Got A Hangover. And The Question Is, How Long Will It Sober Up And Not Try To Do Those Fancy Financial Instruments?

Conspiracy Theories Abound In American Politics. I Don't Think We Need To Be Subliminable About The Differences Between Our Views On Prescription Drugs.

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.

We Do Not Know How Much Our Climate Could Or Will Change In The Future. We Do Not Know How Fast Change Will Occur Or Even How Some Of Our Actions Could Impact It.

History Will Prove Me Right. This Is An Exercise In Folly.

You Know, What's Interesting About Washington...it's The Kind Of Place Where Second-guessing Has Become Second-nature.

It Is Incredibly Presumptive For Somebody Who Has Not Yet Earned His Party's Nomination To Start Speculating About Vice Presidents.

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

I Believe That We're In An Ideological Struggle; I Believe The Only Way To Marginalize Those Who Murder The Innocent, To Achieve Our Ideological Objectives, Is To Spread Democracy And Freedom.

The United States Of America Will Never Be Intimidated By Thugs And Assassins. The Killers Will Fail, And The Iraqi People Will Live In Freedom.

I Have Zero Desire To Be In The Limelight.

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

America Is A Nation With A Mission - And That Mission Comes From Our Most Basic Beliefs. We Have No Desire To Dominate, No Ambitions Of Empire. Our Aim Is A Democratic Peace - A Peace Founded Upon The Dignity And Rights Of Every Man And Woman.

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

How Do You Know If You Don't Measure If You Have A System That Simply Suckles Kids Through?

God Told Me To Strike At Al Qaeda And I Struck Them, And Then He Instructed Me To Strike At Saddam [hussein], Which I Did, And Now I Am Determined To Solve The Problem In The Middle East. If You Help Me I Will Act, And If Not, The Elections Will Come And I Will Have To Focus On Them.

If He's - The Inference Is That Somehow He Thinks Slavery Is A - Is A Noble Institution I Would - I Would Strongly Reject That Assumption - That John Ashcroft Is A Openminded, Inclusive Person.

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

The Same Folks That Are Bombing Innocent People In Iraq Were The Ones Who Attacked Us In America On September The 11th.

The Survival Of Liberty In Our Land Increasingly Depends On The Success Of Liberty In Other Lands.

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

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

I Come From A Different Generation From My Dad.

Imagine How Difficult This Issue Would Be If Iran Had A Nuclear Weapon. And So Therefore It's Up To The International Community, Including The United States, To Work In Concert To - For Effective Diplomacy.

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

I... You Know, I... Look, After 9/11, I Vowed To Protect This Country.

Free Societies Are Hopeful Societies. And Free Societies Will Be Allies Against These Hateful Few Who Have No Conscience, Who Kill At The Whim Of A Hat.

I Think That Not Criticizing My Successor Is A Statement Unto Itself, In Terms Of Trying To Create An Environment Where People Are Able To Have A Meaningful Discussion Or Debate Without Trash Talk.

Wisdom And Strength, And My Family, Is What I'd Like For You To Pray For.

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

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

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.

We Should - We Will - Welcome People Of Faith Into The Political Process... It Is Essential That Believers Enter The Arena. Your Involvement In Politics Helps Determine How Well Our Democracy Works. We Have Finally Learned That Government Programs Cannot Solve Our Problems. Government Can Hand Out Money, But Government Cannot Put Hope In Our Hearts Or A Sense Of Purpose In Our Lives.

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.

I Think There Is Some Methodology In My Travels.

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.

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

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

I Do Solemnly Swear That I Will Faithfully Execute The Office Of President Of The United States, And Will To The Best Of My Ability, Preserve, Protect And Defend The Constitution Of The United States

Constitution Of The United States

I Was Very Fortunate To Have Had A Mother And Father Who Loved Me In Spite Of My Failings.

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.

But I Have No Desire For Fame And Power Anymore. I Crawled Out Of The Swamp And I'm Not Crawling Back In.

You'll Hear People Say It's Racist To Test. Folks, It's Racist Not To Test. Because Guess Who Gets Shuffled Through The System Oftentimes? Children Whose Parents Don't Speak English As A First Language, Inner-city Kids. It's So Much Easier To Quit On Somebody Than To Remediate.

I've Been Trying To Tame Our Press Corps Ever Since I Got Into Politics, And I've Failed Miserably. They Get To Express Their Opinions Sometimes In The Form Of News.

They [terrorists] Are Trying To Evoke Sympathy For Themselves. They're Not Sympathetic People. They're Violent, Cold-blooded Killers Who Are Trying To Stop The Advance Of Freedom.

I'm The Master Of Low Expectations.

Low Expectations

And Uh, So, I'm Running For A Reason. I'm Answering This Question Here And The Answer Is, You Cannot Lead America To A Positive Tomorrow With Revenge On One's Mind. Revenge Is So Incredibly Negative. And So To Answer Your Question, I'm Going To Win Because People Sense My Heart, Know My Sense Of Optimism And Know Where I Want To Lead The Country. And I Tease People By Saying, "a Leader, You Can't Say, Follow Me The World Is Going To Be Worse." I'm An Optimistic Person. I'm An Inherently Content Person.

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

Iran Aggressively Pursues These Weapons And Exports Terror, While An Unelected Few Repress The Iranian People's Hope For Freedom. The Iraqi Regime Has Plotted To Develop Anthrax, And Nerve Gas, And Nuclear Weapons For Over A Decade. This Is A Regime That Has Already Used Poison Gas To Murder Thousands Of Its Own Citizens - Leaving The Bodies Of Mothers Huddled Over Their Dead Children.

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

I Don't Want Some Mom Whose Son May Have Recently Died To See The Commander In Chief Playing Golf.

There Is But One Just Use Of Power And It Is To Serve People.

Servant Leadership

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

One Thing You Had To Learn [after The Presidency] Was That You No Longer Had The Sense Of Responsibility That Became Ingrained In Your System.

Sense Of Responsibility

In Iraq We Are Fighting Against Men With Blind Hatred And Armed With Lethal Weapons Who Are Capable Of Any Atrocity. They Wear No Uniform; They Respect No Laws Of Warfare Or Morality. They Take Innocent Lives To Create Chaos For The Cameras.

In The Face Of All This Evil, We Remain Strong And United, 'one Nation Under God.'

It's Hard To Plan And Plot Attacks Against America If You're On The Run, And That's Exactly What Our Brave Professionals Are Doing.

Thank You, Your Holiness. Awesome Speech.

I'm Excited For My Little Girls. When They Left The Nest, I Was Excited Because They Were Winging Their Way Into Life.

Saddam Hussein Was A Unique Threat. And The World Is Better Off Without Him In Power.

Our Nation Is Somewhat Sad, But We're Angry. There's A Certain Level Of Blood Lust, But We Won't Let It Drive Our Reaction. We're Steady, Clear-eyed And Patient, But Pretty Soon We'll Have To Start Displaying Scalps.

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

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.

If You're A Single Mother With Two Children, Which Is The Toughest Job In America As Far As I'm Concerned, And You're Working Hard To Put Food On Your Family.

There's A Lot That I Want To Accomplish.

God Is Not On The Side Of Any Nation, Yet We Know He Is On The Side Of Justice... Our Finest Moments Have Come When We Faithfully Served The Cause Of Justice For Our Own Citizens, And For The People Of Other Lands.

We're Supposed To Have Guns. It Says So In The Bible; And The Second Greatest Book Ever Written, The Texas State Constitution.

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.

For Too Long Our Culture Has Said, "if It Feels Good, Do It." Now America Is Embracing A New Ethic And A New Creed: "let's Roll".

I Firmly Believe The Death Tax Is Good For People From All Walks Of Life All Throughout Our Society.

America Has Never Been An Empire. We May Be The Only Great Power In History That Had The Chance, And Refused - Preferring Greatness To Power And Justice To Glory.

Humor Can Be A Great Way To Lift Spirits And Relate With Soon-to-be High School Grads. Whether You're In Need Of A Funny Senior Year Quote For A Card, Your Yearbook, Or A Gift, You Can Use This List Of Funny Graduation Quotes By Famous Leaders And Comedians To Get Inspired. To Those Of You Who Received Honors, Awards And Distinctions, I Say Well Done. And To The C Students, I Say You Too May One Day Be President Of The United States.

One Of The Things Important About History Is To Remember The True History.

The Union Of A Man And A Woman Is The Most Enduring Human Institution, Honored And Encouraged In All Cultures And By Every Religious Faith." ... "marriage Cannot Be Severed From Its Cultural, Religious And Natural Roots Without Weakening The Good Influence Of Society.

I Don't Want To Be In The Press.

Globalization Has Altered The Dynamics In The White House, As Well As Between The White House And The Treasury.

I Regret That A Private Comment I Made To The Vice Presidential Candidate Made It Through The Public Airways.

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

We Really Don't Need The United Nations Approval To Act. When It Comes To Our Security, We Do Not Need Anyones Permission.

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

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

Our Enemies Have Made The Mistake That America's Enemies Always Make. They Saw Liberty And Thought They Saw Weakness. And Now, They See Defeat.

The United States Prefers That Iraq Meet Its Obligations Voluntarily, Yet We Are Prepared For The Alternative.

In This Job, There Are Some Simple Pleasures That Really Help You Cope. One Is Books, I Mean, Books Are A Great Escape. Books Are A Way To Get Your Mind On Something Else.

Ann And I Will Carry Out This Equivocal Message To The World: Markets Must Be Open.

I'm The Decider, And I Decide What Is Best.

I've Got A Job To Do, And I'm Going To Be Judged Upon Whether Or Not The World Is More Peaceful And Whether Or Not America Is More Prosperous And More Compassionate.

Anybody Who Is In A Position To Serve This Country Ought To Understand The Consequences Of Words.

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

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.

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.

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.

I Think We're Making Progress. We Understand Where The Power Of This Country Lay. It Lies In The Hearts And Souls Of Americans. It Must Lay In Our Pocketbooks. It Lies In The Willingness For People To Work Hard.

The Financial Crisis Should Not Become An Excuse To Raise Taxes, Which Would Only Undermine The Economic Growth Required To Regain Our Strength.

States Like These [iran, Iraq, North Korae], And Their Terrorist Allies, Constitute An Axis Of Evil, Arming To Threaten The Peace Of The World. By Seeking Weapons Of Mass Destruction, These Regimes Pose A Grave And Growing Danger. They Could Provide These Arms To Terrorists, Giving Them The Means To Match Their Hatred. They Could Attack Our Allies Or Attempt To Blackmail The United States. In Any Of These Cases, The Price Of Indifference Would Be Catastrophic.

Mass Destruction

We Believe In Peace. We Strongly Believe In Freedom. Where We See Suffering We Will Help. And Rather Than Try To Offset A Nation, Why Not Join Nations Together To Achieve Kind Of Big Objectives?

Obviously I Pray Every Day There's Less Casualty.

I'm Also Not Very Analytical. You Know I Don't Spend A Lot Of Time Thinking About Myself, About Why I Do Things.

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.

The Reason We Start A War Is To Fight A War, Win A War, Thereby Causing No More War!

I've Been In The Bible Every Day Since I've Been The President.

The Suicide Bombings Have Increased. There's Too Many Of Them.

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.

The Market Is In The Process Of Correcting Itself.

People Sometimes Have To Correct My English. I Knew I Had A Problem When Arnold Schwarzenegger Started Doing It.

Americans Are Rising To The Tasks Of History, And They Expect The Same Of Us.

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

All Across America, We Gather This Week With The People We Love To Give Thanks To God For The Blessings In Our Lives.

America Is A Friend To The People Of Iraq. Our Demands Are Directed Only At The Regime That Enslaves Them And Threatens Us. When These Demands Are Met, The First And Greatest Benefit Will Come To Iraqi Men, Women And Children.

Freedom Is On The March In This World. I Believe Everybody In The Middle East Desires To Live In Freedom. I Believe Women In The Middle East Want To Live In A Free Society. I Believe Mothers And Fathers Want To Raise Their Children In A Free And Peaceful World. I Believe All These Things, Because Freedom Is Not America's Gift To The World, Freedom Is The Almighty God's Gift To Each Man And Woman In This World.

We Are Bound By Ideals That Teach Us What It Means To Be Citizens. Every Child Must Be Taught These Ideals. Every Citizen Must Uphold Them.... I Ask You To Be Citizens. Citizens, Not Spectators. Citizens, Not Subjects. Responsible Citizens Building Communities Of Service And A Nation Of Character.

I Inherited Half My Father's Friends And All His Enemies

We Cannot Show Weakness In This World Today

People Love America. Sometimes They Don't Like The Decisions Made By America, But I Don't Think You Want A President Who Tries To Become Popular And Does The Wrong Thing.

The Best Defense Against Terrorism Is A Strong Offensive Against Terrorists. That Work Continues.

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.

Leadership To Me Means Duty, Honor, Country. It Means Character, And It Means Listening From Time To Time.

I Don't Worry About Long-term History. I Won't Be Around To Read It.

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.

But As Importantly, It Lies In The Fact That We've Got Citizens From All Walks Of Life, All Political Parties, That Are Willing To Say, I Want To Love My Neighbor. I Want To Make Somebody's Life Just A Little Bit Better.

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.

I Believe In The Transformational Power Of Liberty. I Believe That The Free Iraq Is In This Nation's Interests. I Believe A Free Afghanistan Is In This Nation's Interest.

The Iraqis Needed To Know That We Weren't Going To Leave Them Alone. No Matter How Difficult It Was, The United States Would Help Them Realize The Universal Desire To Be Free. Now Of Course, If You Didn't Believe In The Universality Of Freedom, Then Of Course, You Wouldn't Act. I Care How They Live And I Believe A Free Iraq Will Be Transformative.

This Is What I'm Good At. I Like Meeting People, My Fellow Citizens, I Like Interfacing With Them.

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 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.

We Don't Talk About Sources And Methods. Don't Talk About Ongoing Intelligence Operations. I Know There's Speculation. But It's Important For The American People To Understand That I Will Use My Powers To Protect Us, And I Will Do So Under The Law, And That's Important For Our Citizens To Understand.

I Take Personal Responsibility For Everything I Say.

Personal Responsibility

I Don't Mind People Trying To Pick Apart My Policies, And That's Fine And That's Fair Game. But, You Know, I Don't Think We're Serving Our Nation Well By Allowing The Discourse To Become So Uncivil That People Use Words That They Shouldn't Be Using.

I've Written A Book That Hopefully Will Give People A Sense Of What [presidency] Was Like. I Hope My Friends Read It And Say, "now I Understand." I Hope My Detractors Read It And Say, "well, I Better Understand."

And We Need A Full Affront On An Energy Crisis That Is Real In California And Looms For Other Parts Of Our Country If We Don't Move Quickly.

Every Nation In Every Region Now Has A Decision To Make. Either You Are With Us, Or You Are With The Terrorists.

Well, That's Going To Be Up To The Pundits And The People To Make Up Their Mind. I'll Tell You What Is A President For Him, For Example, Talking About My Record In The State Of Texas. I Mean, He's Willing To Say Anything In Order To Convince People That I Haven't Had A Good Record In Texas.

To Those Of You Who Received Honours, Awards And Distinctions, I Say, Well Done. And To The C Students, I Say, You Too Can Be President Of The United States.

As A Matter Of Fact, The African Union Itself Estimated That Every Year Corruption Alone Costs Africa $148 Billion. If African Leaders Could Cut That In Half, They'll Find More Money Than What Tony Blair Is Trying To Raise For Them.

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 Simply Said That I Would Do Everything To Help Taiwan To Defend Itself.

The Only Way To Protect Our People, The Only Way To Secure The Peace, The Only Way To Control Our Destiny Is By Our Leadership -- So The United States Of America Will Continue To Lead

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

The Teachings Of Many Faiths Share Much In Common. And People Of Many Faiths Are United In Our Commitments To Love Our Families, To Protect Our Children, And To Build A More Peaceful World. In The Coming Year, Let Us Resolve To Seize Opportunities To Work Together In A Spirit Of Friendship And Cooperation. Through Our Combined Efforts, We Can End Terrorism And Rid Our Civilization Of The Damaging Effects Of Hatred And Intolerance, Ultimately Achieving A Brighter Future For All.

Some Will Remember An Image Of A Fire Or Story Or Rescue. Some Will Carry Memories Of A Face And A Voice Gone Forever. And I Will Carry This. It Is The Police Shield Of A Man Named George Howard Who Died At The World Trade Center Trying To Save Others. It Was Given To Me By His Mom, Arlene, As A Proud Memorial To Her Son. It Is My Reminder Of Lives That Ended And A Task That Does Not End.

The United States And Israel Have Enjoyed A Friendship Built On Mutual Respect And Commitment To Democratic Principles. Our Continuing Search For Peace In The Middle East Begins With A Recognition That The Ties Uniting Our Two Countries Can Never Be Broken.

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

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.

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

We Run A Danger Of Trying To Say The Casualties Are Less Than Other Wars Or More Than Expected. It's Just Everybody Matters, Every Person Matters, And What Really Matters Is Having The Strategy And The Will To Make Sure Any Death Is Not - Is Honored By Achieving An Objective.

No Matter How Advanced Our Economy Might Be, No Matter How Sophisticated Our Equipment Becomes, For The Foreseeable Future We Will Still Depend On Fossil Fuels.

I Think Anybody Who Doesn't Think I'm Smart Enough To Handle The Job Is Underestimating.

I'll Be Long Gone Before Some Smart Person Ever Figures Out What Happened Inside This Oval Office.

I Have Made Education A Top Priority Of This Administration Because When We Get It Right, When Every Child Learns, America Will Be A More Hopeful Place.

Now That I've Got The Will Of The People At My Back, I'm Going To Start Enforcing The One-question Rule. That Was Three Questions.

I Had To Abandon Free Market Principles In Order To Save The Free Market System.

We Americans Have Faith In Ourselves, But Not In Ourselves Alone. We Do Not Know-we Do Not Claim To Know All The Ways Of Providence, Yet We Can Trust In Them, Placing Our Confidence In The Loving God Behind All Of Life, And All Of History.

Politics Comes And Goes, But Your Principles Don't. And Everybody Wants To Be Loved -- Not Everybody. ... You Never Heard Anybody Say, 'i Want To Be Despised, I'm Running For Office.'

The Problem Is, There Was Plenty Of Trash Talk During My Presidency. A Lot.

I'd Like To Be A President [known] As Somebody Who Liberated 50 Million People And Helped Achieve Peace.

After All, Religion Has Been Around A Lot Longer Than Darwinism.

My Post-presidency Is Evolving.

One Of The Hardest Parts Of My Job Is To Connect Iraq To The War On Terror.

The Oval Office Is A Place Where There's Been, Obviously, A Lot Of Amazing Experiences Over A Seven-and-a-half Year Period. My Presidency Is One Where I've Had To Make Some Very Tough Decisions. I Guess Some Presidencies Are Kind Of - Were Real Smooth, There Were No Real Big Issues. Well, That's Not The Way Mine Is.

I Like My Buddies From West Texas. I Liked Them When I Was Young; I Liked Them When I Was Middle-age; I Liked Them Before I Was President; And I Like Them During President; And I Like Them After President.

Whatever It Took To Help Taiwan Defend Theirself.

We All Know That Men And Women Can Be Good Without Faith. And We Also Know That Faith Is An Incredibly Important Source Of Goodness In Our Country.

As Far As The Legal Hassling And Wrangling And Posturing In Florida, I Would Suggest You Talk To Our Team In Florida Led By Jim Baker.

We're Still Being Challenged In Iraq And The Reason Why Is A Free Iraq Will Be A Major Defeat In The Cause Of Freedom.

I Think All Presidents Should Take The Long View Of History.

Either Well Succeed, Or We Wont Succeed. And The Definition Of Success As I Described Is Sectarian Violence Down. Success Is Not No Violence.

God Told Me To Strike At Al Qaeda And I Struck Them; Then He Instructed Me To Strike At Saddam, Which I Did.

As Hope Kindles Hope, Millions More Will Find It. By Our Efforts, We Have Lit A Fire As Well - A Fire In The Minds Of Men. It Warms Those Who Feel Its Power, It Burns Those Who Fight Its Progress, And One Day This Untamed Fire Of Freedom Will Reach The Darkest Corners Of Our World.

I Regret That We Weren't Able To Reform Social Security. The Fact That We Weren't Able To When We Had Majorities In The House And The Senate I Think Reflected Poorly On Our Political Party.

You Have To Be Optimistic About Golf. I Mean It's Physically Demanding, Particularly If You're On One Leg. But It's Psychologically Demanding Regardless Of Your Physical Infirmities. I Mean, It's A Tough Sport. You've Got To Be Disciplined And Optimistic. And If You Have A Bad Hole, You've Got To Be Optimistic That You'll Do Well On The Next Hole.

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.

It Was Much Easier For Me To Endure The Belittling Than It Was To Watch My Dad Get Belittled.

The 20th Century Ended With A Single Surviving Model Of Human Progress.

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