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We Will Make Sure Our Troops Have All That Is Necessary To Complete Their Missions. That's Why I Went To The Congress Last September And Proposed Fundamental - Supplemental Funding, Which Is Money For Armor And Body Parts And Ammunition And Fuel...

-George W. Bush

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We Will Make Sure

George W. Bush

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We Will Make Sure Our Troops Have All That Is Necessary To Complete Their Missions. That's Why I Went To The Congress Last September And Proposed Fundamental - Supplemental Funding, Which Is Money For Armor And Body Parts And Ammunition And Fuel...

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Today At Pearl Harbor, Veterans Are Gathering To Pay Tribute To The Young Men They Remember Who Never Escaped The Sunken Ships. And Over The Years, Some Pearl Harbor Veterans Have Made A Last Request. They Ask That Their Ashes Be Brought Down And Placed Inside The Uss Arizona. After The Long Lives Given Them, They Wanted To Rest Besides The Best Men They Ever Knew. Such Loyalty And Love Remain The Greatest Strength Of The United States Navy.

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Recognizing And Confronting Our History Is Important. Transcending Our History Is Essential. We Are Not Limited By What We Have Done, Or What We Have Left Undone. We Are Limited Only By What We Are Willing To Do.

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

I Have Written A Book. This Will Come As Quite A Shock To Some. They Didn't Think I Could Read, Much Less Write.

Great Tragedy Has Come To Us, And We Are Meeting It With The Best That Is In Our Country, With Courage And Concern For Others Because This Is America. This Is Who We Are.

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I Didn't Grow Up In The Ocean -- As A Matter Of Fact -- Near The Ocean -- I Grew Up In The Desert. Therefore, It Was A Pleasant Contrast To See The Ocean. And I Particularly Like It When I'm Fishing.

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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.

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

These Acts Shattered Steel, But They Cannot Dent The Steel Of America's Resolve.

You Can Imagine These Radicals Getting A Hold Of A Country Where They're Able To Pull Oil Off The Market To Run The Price Of Oil Up To Extract Concession.

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By Heritage And By Choice, The United States Of America Will Make That Stand.

I'm Not The Expert On How The Iraqi People Think, Because I Live In America, Where It's Nice And Safe And Secure.

If Someone Came To Me And Said, "your Strategy In Your Post-presidency Is Brilliant," As If I Had Figured Out A Way To Make Me Look Better, To Me, That Analysis Is Amusing.

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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.

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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 Am Sustained By The Prayers Of The People In This Country. I Guess An Appropriate Way To Say This, It's One Of The Beautiful Things About America And Americans From All Walks Of Life Is That They're Willing To Pray For The President And His Family. And That's Powerful. It's Hard For Me To Describe To You What That Means. It's-let Me Just Say This: It's A Leap Of Faith To Understand.

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Ages Of Experience Have Taught Us That The Commitment Of A Husband And A Wife To Love And To Serve One Another Promotes The Welfare Of Children And The Stability Of Society. Marriage Cannot Be Cut Off From Its Cultural, Religious, And Natural Roots Without Weakening This Good Influence On Society. Government, By Recognizing And Protecting Marriage, Serves The Interests Of All.

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We're Now Interested In Finding Those Who May Attack America And Arrest Them Before They Do. We've Had Over Nearly A Thousand People Have Been Detained In America And Questioned About Their Motives And Their Intentions.

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American Indian

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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.

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There's This Kind Of Almost - Kind Of A Weird Kind Of Elitism That Says Well Maybe - Maybe Certain People In Certain Parts Of The World Shouldn't Be Free; Maybe It's Best Just To Let Them Sit In These Tyrannical Societies. And Our Foreign Policy Rejects That Concept. And We Don't Accept It. And So We're Working.

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I Grieve For Every Death.'it Breaks My Heart To Think About A Family Weeping Over The Loss Of A Loved One. I Understand The Anguish That Some Feel About The Death That Takes Place.

The Resolution Approved Today Presents The Iraqi Regime With A Test - A Final Test.

If You're Sick And Tired Of The Politics Of Cynicism And Polls And Principles, Come And Join This Campaign.

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

Today, We're Fighting A New War To Defend Our Liberty And Our People And Our Way Of Life. And As We Work To Advance The Cause Of Freedom Around The World, We Remember That The Father Of Our Country Believed That The Freedoms We Secured In Our Revolution Were Not Meant For Americans Alone.

The Best Way To Defeat The Totalitarian Of Hate Is With An Ideology Of Hope - An Ideology Of Hate - Excuse Me - With An Ideology Of Hope.

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

Everything Happens For A Reason

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

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

I Feel Like God Wants Me To Run For President. I Can't Explain It, But I Sense My Country Is Going To Need Me. Something Is Going To Happen. I Know It Won't Be Easy On Me Or My Family, But God Wants Me To Do It.

Health Care Costs Are On The Rise Because The Consumers Are Not Involved In The Decision-making Process. Most Health Care Costs Are Covered By Third Parties. And Therefore, The Actual User Of Health Care Is Not The Purchaser Of Health Care. And There's No Market Forces Involved With Health Care.

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.

I'm Absolutely Confident That The Actions We Took In Iraq Are Influencing Reformers And Freedom Lovers In The Greater Middle East. And I Believe That You're Going To See The Rise Of Democracy In Many Countries In The Broader Middle East, Which Will Lay The Foundation For Peace.

When An 18-year-old Palestinian Girl Is Persuaded To Blow Herself Up, And In Doing So She Kills A 17-year-old Israeli Girl, We Are Watching The Future Itself Die!

I'm Comfortable With Time. Time Will Change.

Unfairly But Truthfully, Our Party Has Been Tagged As Being Against Things. Anti-immigrant, For Example. And Were Not A Party Of Anti-immigrants. Quite The Opposite. Were A Party That Welcomes People.

My Relationship With God Through Christ Has Given Me Meaning And Direction. My Faith Has Made A Big Difference In My Personal Life, And My Public Life As Well. I Make Personal Decisions Every Day. Some Are Easy, And Some Aren't So Easy. I Have Worries Just Like You Do. And I Pray. I Pray For Guidance. I Pray For Patience. I Firmly Believe In The Power Of Intercessory Prayer; And I Know That I Could Not Do My Job Without It.

I Appreciate People's Opinions, But I'm More Interested In News. And The Best Way To Get The News Is From Objective Sources. And The Most Objective Sources I Have Are People On My Staff Who Tell Me What's Happening In The World.

Border Relations Between Canada And Mexico Have Never Been Better.

I Think It Was In The Rose Garden Where I Issued This Brilliant Statement: If I Had A Magic Wand -- But The President Doesn't Have A Magic Wand. You Just Can't Say, 'low Gas.'

This Nation Is Daring And Decent And Ready For Change.

Ready For Change

The U.s. Liberated Iraq From A Tyrant. I Think The Iraqi People Owe The American People A Huge Debt Of Gratitude, And I Believe Most Iraqis Express That. I Mean, The People Understand That We've Endured Great Sacrifice To Help Them. That's The Problem Here In America. They Wonder Whether Or Not There Is A Gratitude Level That's Significant Enough In Iraq.

I Make Decisions Based On What I Think Is Best For The Country.

Hezbollah Is Not A State. They're A, You Know, Supposed Political Party That Happens To Be Armed.

I Strongly Believe What We're Doing Is The Right Thing. If I Didn't Believe It -- I'm Going To Repeat What I Said Before -- I'd Pull The Troops Out, Nor If I Believed We Could Win, I Would Pull The Troops Out.

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

The German Asparagus Are Fabulous.

We Know The Surface Temperature Of The Earth Is Warming. It Has Risen By .6 Degrees Celsius Over The Past 100 Years. There Was A Warming Trend From The 1890s To The 1940s, Cooling From The 1940s To The 1970s, And Then Sharply Rising Temperatures From The 1970s To Today.

When A Child Is In Crisis, Parents Should Have A Role And A Voice. They Should Be The First To Help, Not The Last To Know.

We've Climbed The Mighty Mountain. I See The Valley Below, And It's A Valley Of Peace.

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

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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.

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.

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

There Ought To Be Limits To Freedom.

As A Matter Of Fact, It's In Our Interests That We Help Reformers Across The Middle East Achieve Their Objectives. This Is The Fundamental Challenge Of The 21st Century.

If You Look At My Policies They're All Aimed At Empowering People To Make Their Own Decisions.

I'm Talking About Living Life To Its Fullest.

Live Life To Its Fullest

In The Corporate World, Sometimes Things Aren`t Exactly Black And White When It Comes To Accounting Procedures.

Black And White

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

Religion Is A Personal, Private Matter And Parents, Not Public School Officials, Should Decide Their Children's Religious Training. We Should Not Have Teacher-led Prayers In Public Schools, And School Officials Should Never Favor One Religion Over Another, Or Favor Religion Over No Religion (or Vice Versa). I Also Believe That Schools Should Not Restrict Students' Religious Liberties. The Free Exercise Of Faith Is The Fundamental Right Of Every American, And That Right Doesn't Stop At The Schoolhouse Door.

I Think That If You Don't Think We're In A War That You Can't Win The War.

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.

One Of My Proudest Moments Is I Didn't Sell My Soul For The Sake Of Popularity.

Coalition Forces Have Encountered Serious Violence In Some Areas Of Iraq. Our Military Commanders Report That This Violence Is Being Insticated By Three Groups.

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

We Do Not Prescribe Any Prayer; We Welcome All Prayer.

This Is A World That Is Much More Uncertain Than The Past. In The Past We Were Certain, We Were Certain It Was Us Versus The Russians In The Past. We Were Certain, And Therefore We Had Huge Nuclear Arsenals Aimed At Each Other To Keep The Peace. That's What We Were Certain Of... You See, Even Though It's An Uncertain World, We're Certain Of Some Things. We're Certain That Even Though The "evil Empire" May Have Passed, Evil Still Remains.

We Have A Duty To Our Country To Participate In The Political Process. See, If You Believe In Freedom, You Have A Duty To Exercise Your Right To Vote To Begin With. I'm [here] To Encourage People To Do Their Duty, To Go To The Polls. I Want All People, No Matter What Their Political Party Is Or Whether They Even Like A Political Party, To Exercise Their Obligation To Vote.

American Nation Will Not Wait To Be Attacked Again. We Will Defend Our Freedom And We Will Take The Fight To The Enemy.

I've Directed The Full Resources Of Our Intelligence And Law Enforcement Communities To Find Those Responsible And Bring Them To Justice. We Will Make No Distinction Between The Terrorists Who Committed These Acts And Those Who Harbor Them.

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

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